Pageant winners speak out after first Queen Scheherazade pageant canceled in 75 years
It’s been a 75-year-long tradition, the Queen Scheherazade pageant. For the first time this year due to the pandemic leading to the cancelation of the Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival, there will be no queen or princesses crowned.
News Channel 3’s Caitlin Thropay spoke with last year’s pageant winners who shared how this scholarship pageant impacted their lives.
“Many people think maybe it’s beauty but no it’s literally scholarships,” 2020 Queen Scheherazade Kayley Serrano told News Channel 3.
The Queen Scheherazade pageant started in 1947 as a beauty pageant and stepping stone to becoming Miss. California. Over the years, it transformed into a scholarship pageant. The queen receives $3,500 and the princesses get $3,000 each in scholarship money.