Marion Toyota is proud to announce that they will once again be supporting the Miss Illinois Scholarship Pageant in 2016.  This year's competition will be held June 13th through June 18th at the Marion Cultural and Civic Center in Marion, Illinois.

The event is the official state preliminary to the Miss America Pageant.  The Miss America Organization is the largest single source of scholarship funds for young women in the world and at all levels is a completely nonprofit organization. Last year, more than $45 million in scholarships was made available to the contestants in the Miss America Pageant system.

Miss Crystal Davis, from Anna, Illinois was crowned 2015's Miss Illinois.  She is currently a student at Southeast Missouri State University, majoring in Public Relations.