Miss Penticton Royalty 1948 to Current
All Images Copyright © 2001 Stuart Bish

 
         
 
 

The Miss Penticton program affords the young candidates training opportunities in personal growth and development through scheduled courses including attitude, etiquette, motivation, public speaking, politics, time and stress management, cosmetics, modelling and the Super Host program. Each year, Miss Penticton and her two Princesses act as ambassadors for the city of Penticton to communities as far away as Calgary, Spokane and Seattle.

The first Peach Queen was Beverley Ann Young. She was crowned Queen Val Vedette I. This title was chosen by her parents from the names of three popular peach varieties - Valiant, Veteren and Vedette.

The following portraits of the years' royalty have been done by several local photographers. Mr. Gordon Harris, of Harris Music Shop started a tradition of purchasing and displaying the portraits of the previous years' queens during peach festival. Thanks to his foresight, we can present to you the entire photographic record of this long standing program.

 
         


1948
Queen Val Vedette 1st

Beverly Ann McConechy
(Young)

Stocks Photography

1949
Queen Val Vedette 2nd

Joyce Nasica (Warrington)
Cameo Studios

1950
Queen Val Vedette 3rd

Ilene Frankland (Fraser)
Photographer Undocumented

 

1951
Queen Val Vedette 4th

Mary McKay
Cameo Studios

1952
Queen Val Vedette 5th

Joan McLean (Nagle)
Cameo Studios

1953
Queen Val Vedette 6th

Margaret Coe (Brett)
Cameo Studios

 

1954
Queen Val Vedette 7th
Ardell Teare (Getz)
Hugo Redivo Photography

1955
Queen Val Vedette 8th
Sharon Boyer (Crook)
Hugo Redivo Photography

1956
Queen Val Vedette 9th
Maureen Van Snellenberg (Gibson)
Hugo Redivo Photography

 

1957
Queen Val Vedette 10th
Carol Earl (Malmberg)
Hugo Redivo Photography

1958
Queen Val Vedette 11th

Maureen Hanson (Pritchard)
Hugo Redivo Photography

1959
Queen Val Vedette 12th

Jacqueline Coulson
Hugo Redivo Photography

 

1960
Queen Val Vedette 13th

Dr. Hallie Groves (Smith)
Hugo Redivo Photography

1961
Queen Val Vedette 14th

Elenor Hyndman (Persson)
Hugo Redivo Photography

1962
Queen Val Vedette 15th

Ellen Cashen (Hayden)
Stock's Photoraphy

 

1963
Queen Val Vedette 16th

Karen McCarger
Stock's Photoraphy

1964
Queen Val Vedette 17th

Fyfe Brown (Rutherford)
Hugo Redivo Photography

1965
Queen Val Vedette 18th

Dale Wood (Hutchinson)
Jane Sloan Photography

 

1966
Queen Val Vedette 19th

Peggy Millington (Spear)
Jane Sloan Photography

1967
Queen Val Vedette 20th

Claire Ingles (Chapman)
Jane Sloan Photography

1968
Queen Val Vedette 21st

Judy Kime (Stokes)
Jane Sloan Photography

 

1969
Queen Val Vedette 22nd

Jane Mavety (Winter)
Jane Sloan Photography

1970
Queen Val Vedette 23rd

Lisa Hadley
Jane Sloan Photography

1971
Queen Val Vedette 24th

Judy Dingwall (Stewart)
Jane Sloan Photography

 

1972
Queen Val Vedette 25th

Eileen Seddon (Bonin)
McDonald's Photography

1973
Queen Val Vedette 26th

Megan Rutherford
McDonald's Photography

1974
Queen Val Vedette 27th

Nancy Baron (Buck)
McDonald's Photography

 

1975
Queen Val Vedette 28th

Wendy McLachlan
(Gregson)
McDonald's Photography

1976
Queen Val Vedette 29th

Anne Henschel (Grimm)
McDonald's Photography

1977
Queen Val Vedette 30th

Sandi Murphy (Ramsell)
McDonald's Photography

 

1978
Queen Val Vedette 31st

Cheryl Berry (Mustard)
McDonald's Photography

1979
Queen Val Vedette 32nd

Shelley Hardie (Mutch)
Hugo Redivo Photography

1980
Queen Val Vedette 33rd

Darcy Lynn (Saby)
McDonald's Photography

 

1981
Queen Val Vedette 34th

Cindy Turchanski
(Nielsen)
J.V.G. Smith Photography

1982
Queen Val Vedette 35th

April MacLeod (Wigg)
Stuart Bish Photography/Design

1983
Queen Val Vedette 36th

Cheryl Hankewich
Stuart Bish Photography/Design

 

1984
Queen Val Vedette 37th

Lisa Warnock (Wiebe)
Stuart Bish Photography/Design

1985
Queen Val Vedette 38th

Fiona Anthony (Webber)
Stuart Bish Photography/Design

1986
Queen Val Vedette 39th

Evelyn Cornelissen
Stuart Bish Photography/Design

 

1987
Queen Val Vedette 40th

Lisa McCall-Tabler
(McCall)
Stuart Bish Photography/Design

1988
Queen Val Vedette 41st

Adrianne Holick
Stuart Bish Photography/Design

1989
Queen Val Vedette 42nd

Tammy Dionne (Fitzpatrick)
Stuart Bish Photography/Design

 

1990
Queen Val Vedette 43rd

Christine Riley
Stuart Bish Photography/Design

1991
Queen Val Vedette 44th

Jennifer Gawne
Stuart Bish Photography/Design

1992
Queen Val Vedette 45th

Serena Healey
Stuart Bish Photography/Design

 

1993
Queen Val Vedette 46th

Terri-Lyn Storey
Stuart Bish Photography/Design

1994
Queen Val Vedette 47th

Erin Gawne
Stuart Bish Photography/Design

1995
Queen Val Vedette 48th

Joline Adolph
Stuart Bish Photography/Design

 

1996
Queen Val Vedette 49th

Kathy Holm
Stuart Bish Photography/Design

1997
Queen Val Vedette 50th

Jyoti Lal
Stuart Bish Photography/Design

1998
Queen Val Vedette 51st

Amanda Lomin
Stuart Bish Photography/Design

 

1999
Queen Val Vedette 52nd

Ashley Atkinson
Stuart Bish Photography/Design

2000
Queen Val Vedette 53rd

Jessica Younie
Stuart Bish Photography/Design

2001
Queen Val Vedette 54th

Krystal Garib
Stuart Bish Photography/Design

 
 
2002
Queen Val Vedette 55th

Aiden Madigan-Curtis
Stuart Bish Photography/Design
 
2003
Queen Val Vedette 56th

Kelsey Stewart
Stuart Bish Photography/Design
 
2004
Queen Val Vedette 57th

Ali Brookes
Stuart Bish Photography/Design
 
 
2005
Queen Val Vedette 58th

Gagan Chahal
Stuart Bish Photography/Design
 

2006
Queen Val Vedette 59th

Kristina Selvig
Stuart Bish Photography/Design

     

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