WGHF giving presentation on citrus pageantry

The “When Tiaras Ruled” program is Friday at the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation's Heller Hall.

By Amy Quesinberry Price
| 4:32 p.m. November 12, 2024

West Orange Times & Observer
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The Winter Garden Heritage Foundation is presenting a history of the Miss Florida Citrus Pageant, “When Tiaras Ruled,” Friday, Nov. 15, at Heller Hall, 21 E. Plant St. The program begins at 6:30 p.m.

Brenda Eubanks Burnette, the executive director of the Florida Citrus Hall of Fame, will give a presentation on the history of the organization’s Miss Florida Citrus and Citrus Queen honorees. The year 2003 signified the end of an era as the last Miss Florida Citrus was crowned.

The community is invited to take a nostalgic walk down memory lane with the WGHF. This project is funded in part by Orange County Government through the Arts & Cultural Affairs Program and United Arts Central Florida.

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Amy Quesinberry Price

Community Editor Amy Quesinberry Price was born at the old West Orange Memorial Hospital and raised in Winter Garden. Aside from earning her journalism degree from the University of Georgia, she hasn’t strayed too far from her hometown and her three-mile bubble. She grew up reading The Winter Garden Times and knew in the eighth grade she wanted to write for her community newspaper. She has been part of the writing and editing team since 1990.