About

Since 1954, the Miss Roanoke Valley program has mentored hundreds of local women and girls to achieve their dreams. As representatives of the Miss Virginia and Miss America Organizations, Miss Roanoke Valley and Miss Roanoke Valley’s Outstanding Teen spend their year speaking at civic events, volunteering for local non-profits, and entertaining Virginians of all ages.

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The Miss America Organization is one of the nation's leading achievement programs for young women and the world’s largest provider of scholarship assistance for young women. Miss America's values, Scholarship, Service, Style, and Success, are symbolized in the four-points of its crystal crown and are exemplified by the thousands of women who participate in local pageants every year.

Stars of the Star City

Meet

Miss Roanoke Valley

Dominga Murray

Dominga Murray, Miss Roanoke Valley 2020/2021, is a studied at Virginia Commonwealth University, majoring in Communication and Meteorology. Dominga is currently an anchor for NBC 29.

Dominga is the fourth woman to have held the Miss Roanoke Valley title twice, with wins in both 2020 and 2017. At the 2020 local competition, Dominga won the talent award and the community service award. At the Miss Virginia 2021 State Competition, Dominga was a double-prelim Talent and Interview Winner. She made the Top 5 and earned 4th Runner-Up to Miss Virginia.

Dominga is the director of Helping Hands, a food bank that is focused on lowering food insecurity in Virginia. This year, Helping Hands has raised 8,062 pounds of food, which can feed about three meals to 500 families in one day. Dominga was the recipient of the 2019 Runk & Pratt Empowering Women Scholarship for her work with Helping Hands.

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Miss Roanoke Valley's

Outstanding Teen

Jordan Welker

Jordan Welker, Miss Roanoke Valley's Outstanding Teen 2020/2021, graduated as an honor roll student at the Colgan High School Center for Fine and Performing Arts. She will attend the University of Alabama.

Jordan is an accomplished soprano who has performed with the Virginia All-State Honor Choir. At the Miss Virginia's Outstanding Teen Competition, she made the Top 5 and achieved a 3rd Runner-Up placement.

Jordan's community service platform is "Two Hands, One Heart: CPR Education and Awareness." She is a Red Cross certified CPR, AED, and First Aid Instructor. As Miss Roanoke Valley's Outstanding Teen, Jordan's mission is to equip the public with the knowledge and skills to step in and save a life. 

Meet

Miss Roanoke Valley's

Sister Queens

Princess Everley, Princess Analise, and

Miss Roanoke Valley's Teen-in-Training Makenzie.

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