Join us as the community of Niles celebrates this year's theme:

ROME

An Eternal City

100

Celebrating

Years

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WELCOME

to the Miss/Mr Niles Scholarship Program!

We are so glad you are here!

About the Program

Get to Know Us

This Miss/Mr Niles Pageant began in 1926 making this tradition 100 years old in 2026!

Our program works with youth from ages 6-19 on building self-confidence, developing interview skills, practicing public speaking, and learning the value of serving others in their community. We provide scholarships and mentorship opportunities to set the youth of Niles up for success in reaching their personal and professional goals.

We wanted to take a minute to shout out some of our amazing sponsors that allow us to make this float possible! First and foremost, we want to thank Jim and Stingray at Stingray's Auto for continuing to donate square footage to store our float year round and for donating your time and creativity to make the vision come to life! This float truly would not be possible without you! Thank you to Nate and Jack at Tyler Automotive Tyler Chevrolet Kia for your continued support by providing beautiful trucks to tow our float every year! Thank you to Melissa and the garden center staff at The Country Store at Watervliet Fruit Exchange for being a Floral sponsor and ensuring our planters are full and beautiful in time for parade day! We are so grateful for all of our community sponsors that pour into our program and support the youth of Niles!

Blossomtime Grand Floral Parade! Everyone had a great time and we are incredibly proud to have won the Mayor's Award for our "Tour della Roma!" float, which best represented Blossomtime's theme this year. We are so grateful to all of the court members, parent and family volunteers, sponsors, and community partners that helped make this beautiful float possible! 🌸

Wishing the best of luck to Beau and McKenna at BPA Nationals in Nashville this week!!!

If you heard a ruckus in Niles this morning, it was us headed to the second stop of Blossomtime Good Will Tour Week! The Blossomtime Royalty and all the Community Queens greeted residents at Brentwood and performed a dance for them! We were so happy to see Mr. Niles Brentwood this morning!
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We were in the presence of Royalty this morning! It was an honor to host the first stop of Blossomtime Good Will Tour Week with breakfast! Thank you to @grandlv.fifty5 for the beautiful space to host breakfast for the Blossomtime Courts, Community Queens, Central Queens Committee, and the Berrien County Sheriff's Department who are taken with keeping everyone safe this week!
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Blessing of the Blossoms to kick off Tour Week! The Blossomtime Good Will Tour begins tomorrow morning with it's first stop in Niles! Around 9am, the Berrien County Sheriff's Department motorcade will escort Kennedy, Nathan, and Beau and the rest of the Blossomtime Royalty and Community Queens through downtown Niles and they would love to see your support if you’re able to join us in welcoming them to Niles!

Kennedy and Nathan represented Niles in today's Blossomtime Youth Parade! It was a beautiful day for a parade! 🌸

Both our King and Queen working on their phlebotomy skills! Shout out to Beau for volunteering as tribute!

Beau had his first official outing with the rest of the newly crowned Blossomtime court! Thank you to the Kiwanis Club of St. Joseph Benton Harbor and the Exchange Club of Southwest Michigan for the luncheon!
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Still thinking about Kennedy, Nathan, and Beau's modeling segments from yesterday, TBH. 🤩🤩🤩

Some behind the scenes from last night! ✨️ Thank you @thelovespellboutique for sharing these with us!

Kennedy is all checked in for day two of Blossomtime! We can't wait to see her shine on the Miss Blossomtime stage this evening!! ✨️

Blossomtime ready and shining bright!! 🌸✨

It has truly been an honor and a privilege to work with these three over the past several months—you’ve already made us so incredibly proud.

Now go out there and show Southwest Michigan what Niles is all about!! 💙

We had such a great group for dinner to celebrate Kennedy, Nathan, and Beau as they take the Blossomtime stage tomorrow evening and Monday! ❤️

If you’re not able to attend Blossomtime in person, you can still tune in on the radio! Mr. Blossomtime & Miss Blossomtime Pageants are LIVE on 94.9 WSJM and 103.7 COSY-FM Sunday & Monday! Listen on the radio or at wsjm.com or wcsy.com!

It's Blossomtime!! Kennedy, Nathan and Beau are officially all checked in for the day! We are so proud of these three and can't wait to watch them shine on stage!

From baby faces to Blossomtime stage 🌸✨

Kennedy, Nathan, and Beau… it feels like yesterday you walked into your first Miss/Mr. Niles rehearsal —and now look at you! You’ve grown, you’ve blossomed, and you’ve come such a long way.

Wishing our Niles kids the BEST of luck as you head into Blossomtime weekend. Go shine, have fun, and make all the memories—we’re SO proud of you!
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Today Kennedy and Izabella attended the annual Blossomland Learning Center Easter Party where they were able to spend time with the students and have a dance party! Thank you to Blossomland Learning Center for hosting such an incredible day! ❤️

Swinging into Blossomtime weekend like a QUEEN!

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We love you Queen Kennedy!❤️

Ready to roll into Blossomtime weekend in style!!
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We can’t wait to cheer on Nathan and Beau!!

Another Blossomtime practice for these amazing kids! 🥰 Only three more weeks until Kennedy, Nathan, and Beau take the Blossomtime stage and there is still time to show your love and support by voting for them for People's Choice! One vote = $1 and we would love to have you support them! 👑

Vote at: http://blossomtimevote.com

A HUGE Congratulations goes out to two of our Court members, McKenna and Beau for earning a spot to BPA Nationals!! We are so proud of you!!

Today's Blossomtime Fashion Show was so much fun!!

March is Reading Month! 📚 Thank you Eastside Connections for having Kennedy, Beau, and Izabella read to the kids this morning!
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People's Choice voting is open!! Please help us show the love to our three amazing Niles representatives - Kennedy, Nathan, and Beau - by voting for them for People's Choice! One vote = $1, and you can vote as much as you like!

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All the ladies representing International Women's Day at today's float build! 💪

Today kicked off the first Blossomtime practice!! Can't wait to see these three shine on the big stage in April! @blossomtime_festival

We are so proud of our Niles kiddos! Mia, Juliana, and Kadence participated in the Blossomtime Youth Fashion Show today and Kennedy attended to support her Littles! ❤️
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Miss Niles 2026
Kennedy Holloway

Kennedy is a 18 year old Senior at Niles High School. She is a member of the Niles Tennis and Volleyball teams. She has also been a gymnast for 8 years. Kennedy went on to compete in the Miss Blossomtime 2026 pageant where she was awarded the modeling award, communication award, and Top 5 Finalist. When Kennedy graduates, she would like to obtain a degree in nursing and plans to attend Southwestern Michigan College. A fun fact about her is she aspires to travel across the US to discover the diverse regional opportunities our country can offer!

CONGRATS!

We are honored and so PROUD of Mr Niles 2025, Nathan Breland, as he competed at Mr Blossomtime 2026. Nathan represented Niles with so much pride, shining his light for all to see on the Blossomtime stage!

We are also so proud of Mr Niles 1st Runner Up 2026, Beau Kirtdoll, for winning the Mr Blossomtime modeling award AND 1st Runner Up to Mr Blossomtime 2026! Beau was chosen to be on a court of only 4 young men (out of 27 contestants) to represent all 20+ communities a part of the Blossomtime Festival. He has been traveling throughout Southwest Michigan representing the Community of Niles and the Blossomtime Festival.

For more information about the Blossomtime Festival,

please go to BlossomtimeFestival.org.