By Miss Chadron Organization
CHADRON, Neb. – 12 young ladies from across the state came together on Saturday, Sept. 13 to compete in the Miss Chadron competition. Walking away with the title of Miss Chadron 2026 was Carlee Todd, daughter of James and Brittney Todd of Scottsbluff.
Desteny Miller, daughter of Cherry Wulf and Josh and Lisa Miller of Arapahoe was crowned Miss Northwest 2026 and Anna Meier, daughter of Julie and Justin Focken and the late Richard Meier of Gering, was crowned Miss Chadron’s Teen 2026. Anna was also awarded overall Teen Community Service.
The Miss Community Service award and the Miss audience choice award went to Nevaeh Laeger, daughter of Tim and Milinda Laeger of Minatare.
Miss Congeniality was awarded to Allisen Meek, daughter of Jennifer and Brett Cullan and David Meek of Hemingford, and Teen Miss Congeniality was awarded to Emma Jensen, daughter of Todd and Heather Jensen of North Platte.
Finally, Teen audience choice was awarded to Katie Fowler, daughter of Jenifer Fowler of North Platte.
Another huge thank you to all of our sponsors for this year: Brooke Smith Photography, Create Beauty Studio, Cullers Law, Chadron Community Hospital, Bloom and GMC of Chadron!
Along with representing their titles for the year, the 2026 titleholders will now advance to the Miss Nebraska and Miss Nebraska’s Teen competition held in North Platte come summer of 2026. For more information on the competition or for appearance information for any of the titleholders, please contact Brooklyn at 308-430-8758.