The Saline Watermelon Pageant was held this past week in conjunction with the 40th annual festival.
Winners are as followed:
Infant Miss Queen: Emmalou Claire
Baby Miss Queen: Arlie Kay Partain
Teeny Miss Queen: Saylor Graham
Toddler Miss Queen: Wrenlee Sanford
Tiny Miss Queen: Ava Meadows
Little Miss Queen: Lyla Hall
Petite Miss Queen: Chloe Garrett
Jr. Miss Queen: Ella Robinson
Teen Miss Queen: Brooklyn Hayes
Miss Queen: Finley Oliver
Even though the annual Saline Watermelon Festival was a week-long event, the main festivities were held on Saturday. Things kicked off with the Dam Melon 5K Run. Saline native Don Brown won in the Legends age group with a time of 25.52
The events for the day continued with a car show, watermelon eating contest, food trucks and a blood drive.
The watermelon eating contest winners were Jamie Bailey from Pittsburg, Texas in the adult division and Kacie Beason from Saline in the kids division.
The 2023 Saline Watermelon Festival Biggest Watermelon winner was 4-year-old Blayne Kelley. It weighed in at 49.5 pounds and auctioned off for a grand total of $600.