Photo feature: Her crowning moment

Published 12:01 am Monday, March 17, 2014

Brittney Lohmiller / The Natchez Democrat — Whestley Shirley smiles after being crowned as Miss Vidalia 2014 at the Vidalia Conference and Convention Center Saturday. Shirley was named Miss Vidalia approximately two weeks after the pageant following the Vidalia Women’s Club discovery that scores calculated at the pageant were inaccurate because of an “unauthorized addition” to the scoring categories.

Brittney Lohmiller / The Natchez Democrat — Whestley Shirley smiles after being crowned as Miss Vidalia 2014 at the Vidalia Conference and Convention Center Saturday. Shirley was named Miss Vidalia approximately two weeks after the pageant following the Vidalia Women’s Club discovery that scores calculated at the pageant were inaccurate because of an “unauthorized addition” to the scoring categories.

Brittney Lohmiller / The Natchez Democrat — Participants in the Miss Vidalia 2014 pageant await the crowning of Whestley Shirley as Miss Vidalia 2014. Shirley was named Miss Vidalia approximately two weeks after the pageant following the Vidalia Women’s Club discovery that scores calculated at the pageant were inaccurate because of an “unauthorized addition” to the scoring catergories.

Brittney Lohmiller / The Natchez Democrat — Participants in the Miss Vidalia 2014 pageant await the crowning of Whestley Shirley as Miss Vidalia 2014. Shirley was named Miss Vidalia approximately two weeks after the pageant following the Vidalia Women’s Club discovery that scores calculated at the pageant were inaccurate because of an “unauthorized addition” to the scoring catergories.