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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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