Applications are being accepted for the title of Mrs. Freeborn County.

Mrs. Freeborn County will have the honor of representing her county at the Mrs. Minnesota pageant, which will be April 29, 2017, at Wellstone Center in St. Paul.

According to a news release, the woman chosen as Mrs. Freeborn County “will become an ambassador from the Freeborn County area and will receive the official title and sash.”

The woman chosen as Mrs. Minnesota will receive a prize package worth $7,000 and the chance to represent Minnesota at the Mrs. International Pageant in July.

The American Heart Association’s “Go Red for Women” is the official charity of the Mrs. Minnesota pageant. To learn more visit: www.goredforwomen.org.

The current reigning 2016 Mrs. Minnesota is Morgan Bredde of Woodbury.

Traveling all across the state, Morgan speaks on her platform “No Matter the Minutes: Hospice Care for Children,” for 700-plus children who die annually in Minnesota, who now will have the safe haven that they deserve through Crescent Cove’s child-based hospice care.

For more information go to: www.CrescentCove.org.

Competitions in the pageant are: personal interview, fitness wear and evening gown. There are no talent or swimsuit competitions.

For married women living in Freeborn County who are interested in applying, write for a bio-form to: MRS. MINNESOTA

International Pageant

P.O. Box 240537

Apple Valley, MN 55124-0537

Online applications can be filled out at www.mrsminnesota.com

People can call for information: 1-800-262-0097, 952-432-6758 fax: 952-953-3896