The 2014 Miss West Central Ohio Pageant Scholarship Program will take place in Bluffton this summer.

In recent years the event was held in Van Wert, but this year it will take place in Yoder Recital Hall on the Bluffton University campus. This year's pageant takes place on Saturday, Aug. 9.

The Miss West Central Ohio Pageant is a local preliminary to the Miss Ohio Pageant, a part of the Miss America System. In-kind scholarships to various local universities are available at the Miss West Central Ohio Scholarship Pageant. The Miss America System is the largest purveyor of scholarships for young women in the country.

The pageant is accepting applications now and the deadline is July 19.

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