{Lexington, Kentucky}...Thirty-one contestants from scholarship pageants throughout the state will be vying this week to become Miss Kentucky 2012. The pageant will be at the University of Kentucky Singletary Center for the Arts. Preliminary competitions will be at 7:00 P.M. Thursday and Friday. The finals will begin at 7:00 P.M. Saturday, culminating with the crowning Miss Kentucky. More than $38,000 in cash scholarships will be awarded to contestants in addition to numerous prizes and in-kind scholarships to colleges and universities. The winner will represent Kentucky in the Miss America Pageant in January in Las Vegas, telecast live on ABC.
