by Diana Lucio
Published: Mon, June 15, 2009 - 9:37 pm CST
Last Updated: Mon, June 15, 2009 - 9:43 pm CST
Could tough times hamper this year's Junior Miss competition?With a down economy officials say their sponsorship has suffered.
The organization says they raised $80,000 less than last year. Fortunately their schedule of events will not be affected.
But the organization's Executive Director Becky Jo Peterson says they had to cut $25,000 from their scholarship fund.
"America's Junior Miss is still going to walk away with fifty thousand dollars in cash. We spread them out a little bit differently so that the girls that are in the top 10 instead of the top 8 will get an additional scholarship. So we've moved the money around a little bit so I think it's not going to be as impactful."
50 young women from across the country will compete June 27th to win scholarship money for their college education.
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