Community Corner
Riverhead Boasts Two Miss LI Contestants
Nacara Turpin and Heather Riley are slated to compete on Aug. 11.
On August 11, 37 Long Island girls between the ages of 13-26 will take the stage at Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts to compete for the title of Miss Long Island and Miss Teen Long island — two of those contestants are from Riverhead.
Both Nacara Turpin and Heather Riley, of Riverhead will be competing in the Miss Long Island division.
If either Nacara or Riley take first place in the Miss LI contest, they will have the opportunity to move onto the Miss New York USA pageant. which is produced by Dazzle D. Production.
Doors open for the Miss LI contest at 3:00pm; the pageant begins at 4:00pm.
The full list of those competing in both the Teen division and the Miss division of the pageant is below.
Teen Division
Geena Cardalena, Floral Park
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Diana Kurth, Oyster Bay
Paulina Renda, Wantagh
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Sabrina Franza, Oceanside
Nailah Garard, Dix Hills
Nicole Santa Maria, West Babylon
Allison Bernstein, Merrick
Amanda Luisi, Nesconset
Asia Flood, Brentwood
Gabriella Minicozzi, West Islip
Jessica DeStefano, West Islip
De-Yahna Watkins, Islip
Stephanie Meisser, Merrick
Jordana Rosenzweig, Jericho
Christine Lang, Center Moriches
Marisa Pierini, Wheatley Heights
Miss Division
Ashley Beard, East Islip
Catherine Manett, Patchogue
Laura Marciano, Glen Cove
Naomi Chatelain, Melville
Danielle Cinone, Smithtown
Heather Riley, Riverhead
Linda Simicic, East Northport
Leanne Pinard, Commack
Elaina Estrada, Glen Cove
Ashley Rothschild, Smithtown
Ashley Edwards, West Hempstead
Michelle Medoff, Great Neck
April Maroshick, Valley Stream
Dana Wachter, Nesconset
Alisha Nelson, Dix Hills
Tara Fitzgerald, Northport
Nacara Turpin, Riverhead
Allison Gold, Greenlawn
Robin Bonner, Westhampton
Monica Sharma, Selden
Melissa Ocampo, Levittown
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