Miss Dogwood Peyton Bolling was crowned Miss Arkansas’ Teen 2024 on Friday night at Robinson Center in Little Rock. Over 1,800 were on hand to see the naming of the Top 15 Semi-Finalists and the final competition for the crown.
She won a $10,500 scholarship courtesy of Pafford Medical Services and more than $25,000 in awards, wardrobe and gifts. She will represent Arkansas at the 2024 Miss America’s Teen Pageant in Orlando. She will make appearances across the state promoting her personal platform “Simple Acts of Citizenship” and the American Heart Association.
Bolling will also receive a full scholarship to Arkansas State University valued at over $40,000 and a $20,000 scholarship to the University of Central Arkansas.
Bolling was crowned by the outgoing Miss Arkansas Teen, Allie Bell, of Conway. Also, on hand today to assist with crowning was Miss Arkansas 2023 Cori Keller.
Nearly $86,000 in cash scholarships were awarded to the Teen contestants during the week of competition.
Bolling is the 17-year old daughter of Colonel Ryan and Patrice Bolling of Rogers. She is a Senior at Bentonville High School. For her talent she performed a jazz dance to “Man of La Mancha.”
During the week of competition, she received additional awards including:
· Alpha Arrival
· Alpha Health & Fitness
· Preliminary Health & Fitness
· Alpha Talent
· Preliminary Talent
· Miss Congeniality
· Photogenic
· Overall Dancer
· Alpha Overall Interview
· Alpha Overall Health & Fitness
· Alpha Overall Talent
· Overall Health & Fitness
· Overall Interview
· Overall Talent
Bolling will take home a total of $20,000 in scholarships from the awards she won this week.
The other Top Five Finalists were:
- 1st Runner Up – Saline County’s Teen Bella Crowe
She will receive a $8,500 scholarship provided by Jones & Son Diamond and Bridal Fine Jewelry and the Miss Arkansas Scholarship Foundation
- 2nd Runner Up – Metro’s Teen Addie Rose Castleberry
She will receive a $6,500 scholarship provided by Jones & Son Diamond and Bridal Fine Jewelry and the Miss Arkansas Scholarship Foundation
- 3rd Runner Up – Natural State’s Teen Mallory Stuckey
She will receive a $4,500 scholarship provided by Jones & Son Diamond and Bridal Fine Jewelry and the Miss Arkansas Scholarship Foundation
- 4th Runner Up – Lights of the Delta Teen Sophie Puckett
She will receive a $2,500 scholarship provided by Jones & Son Diamond and Bridal Fine Jewelry and the Miss Arkansas Scholarship Foundation
The remaining Top Fifteen Semi-Finalists will each receive a $1500 scholarship. They were (in competition order):
- Greater Jonesboro’s Teen Shawna Whitehurst
- Southwest Arkansas’ Teen Kinley Atkinson
- University of Arkansas’ Teen Delaney Reddell
- Historic Batesville’s Teen Adalai Weeks
- Western Arkansas’ Teen Avery Whittington
- White River’s Teen Kennedy Johnson
- Ouachita River’s Teen Addison Bicker
- Ozark Highland’s Teen Makayla Harrell
- Greater Little Rock’s Teen Presley Bennett
- Arkansas River’s Teen Klaire Holland
Other awards given out during Friday’s Final Night competition were:
*Overall Talent - $1000 scholarship given by Chapel Pharmacy – Dogwood’s Teen Peyton Bolling
*Overall Interview – $1000 scholarship given by Bill Tarkington and Mike Spivey & Pafford Health Services – Dogwood’s Teen Peyton Bolling
*Overall Fitness - $1000 scholarship given by FADD – Families Against Distractive Driving – Dogwood’s Teen Peyton Bolling
*#lovelikeKennedy Overall Evening Gown - $1000 scholarship given by Butler Pharmacies – Metro’s Teen Addie Rose Castleberry
*Alpha Overall Talent - $750 scholarship given by the Miss Arkansas Scholarship Foundation – Dogwood’s Teen Peyton Bolling
*Alpha Overall Evening Gown - $1000 scholarship given by Violet’s Bridal and Formal – Metro’s Teen Addie Rose Castleberry
*Alpha Overall Fitness - $750 scholarship given by the Miss Arkansas Scholarship Foundation – Dogwood’s Teen Peyton Bolling
*Alpha Overall Interview - $750 scholarship given by the Miss Arkansas Executive Directors Association – Dogwood’s Teen Peyton Bolling
*Overall Dancer - $750 scholarship given by Orr Nissan of Searcy, Jason & Johna Orr – Dogwood’s Teen Peyton Bolling
*Overall Instrumentalist - $750 scholarship given by Friends and Supporters of Miss Arkansas – Red River’s Teen Olivia Dowd
*Overall Vocalist - $750 scholarship given by Ciao Bella Boutique – Saline County’s Teen Bella Crowe
*Non-Finalist Interview - $500 scholarship given by Jane Slocum – Southeast Arkansas’ Teen Aly Hobson
*Gaye Montgomery Spirit of Arkansas - $1000 scholarship given by Michael and Paula Swindle – Steel Capital’s Teen Rylee Smith
*Sharon Evans Bale “We Are More” - $500 scholarship given by Bill Tarkington and Mike Spivey – Southeast Arkansas’s Teen Aly Hobson
*Photogenic - $500 scholarship given by Danny Barger Photography – Dogwood’s Teen Peyton Bolling
*Miss Congeniality - $500 scholarship given by MAGS Trucking – Dogwood’s Teen Peyton Bolling
*Teens in Action Overall Winner - $500 scholarship given by Sarah and Matthew Inman – Saline County’s Teen Bella Crowe
*Kennedy Nida A Servant’s Heart - $750 scholarship given by Sarah and Matthew Inman & the Miss Arkansas Executive Directors Association – Historic Batesville Adalai Weeks
*CJ and Frances Wilson Non-Finalist Talent - $750 scholarship given by CJ Wilson – Grand Prairie’s Teen Cayla Johnson
*#Kiss Heart Disease Goodbye - $1500 scholarship given by Kristy Sapp and KISS Products – Saline County’s Teen Bella Crowe
*Gracie Stover “Leading by Example” - $500 scholarship given by Bill Tarkington and Mike Spivey – White River’s Teen Kennedy Johnson
*Each teen contestant not making the Top 15 will receive a $500 scholarship provided by the Crown Club
Photo Credit: Danny Barger Photography
Top Five Photo L to R: 3rd Runner Up (Stuckey), 1st Runner Up (Crowe), Miss Arkansas’ Teen 2024 Peyton Bolling, 2nd Runner Up (Castleberry), 4th Runner Up (Puckett)
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