It's Official: Young Ballerina Wins Miss Chicago's Teen 2025 Competition
The 2025 competition took place on Saturday, January 18 at the Irish American Heritage Center.
Image source: Facebook; Miss Chicago Scholarship Organization
Hi there, Chicago Southsiders,
This past Saturday, January 18, 2025, Alyssia Duda was crowned Miss Chicago's Teen 2025 at the Miss Chicago pageant!
Alyssia is a talented ballet dancer who has performed in The Joffrey Ballet’s The Nutcracker. Learn more here. She will represent Chicago at the Miss Illinois’ Teen competition in June, where she’ll have the chance to earn even more scholarship dollars.
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Charlene Rhinehart
Publisher, Chicago Southsider
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Meet the Winners of the Miss Chicago and Miss Chicago’s Teen Scholarship Competition. The annual pageant took place on Saturday, January 18.
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