Nicole Taylor
MARION, Ill. — Nicole Taylor of Mount Sterling won the Omega preliminary for evening gown at the Miss Illinois scholarship pageant Thursday night. Contestants are split into two groups, Alpha and Omega. They award top score evening gown in each group and Taylor, who is in the competition as Miss Prairie State, took home top…
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QUINCY — The potential TikTok ban in the U.S. has sparked growing concern among content creators, social media users and lawmakers alike. TikTok, a short-form video hosting service, will be banned in the United States on Jan. 19 if it is not sold to an American company. This will affect 170 million Americans (equal to…
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QUINCY — It wasn’t until her first pageant in her senior year of high school that Matti McCartney shared she had dyslexia. Saturday night, with dyslexia awareness as her community service initiative, she was crowned Miss Quincy 2025. She follows in the footsteps of Miss Quincy 2024, Nicole Taylor. The first thing on McCartney’s to-do…
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QUINCY — Miss Quincy Nicole Taylor will compete for the title of Miss Illinois during the Miss Illinois Pageant on June 11-15 in Marion, Illinois. The competition comprises talent, interviews, evening gowns, on-stage questions and health and fitness. Taylor, 19, lives in Mount Sterling. She is a daughter of Jon Taylor and Stacey Liggett. For the talent competition at Miss…
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Nicole Taylor took an untraditional path to becoming Miss Quincy as this was the first pageant she had ever entered. MRN’s J. Robert Gough talks to her about her passion for the outdoors and representing Quincy at Miss Illinois.
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QUINCY—Saturday night was one that Nicole Taylor and Alexis Lucie will never forget. Taylor, 19, was crowned Miss Quincy, and Lucie, 17, was crowned Miss Quincy’s teen. Taylor is the daughter of Jon Taylor and Stacey Liggett, and is a marketing major at John Wood Community College. Lucie is the daughter of Chuck and Tammy…
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