The 39th Annual Boggy Bayou Festival Pageant was held Saturday, March 23, at the Pine Prairie High School gym. New festival royalty was crowned and will represent the upcoming festival May 9-11 in Pine Prairie. Shown, from left, are Junior Miss Boggy Bayou Brooklyn Ann Fontenot, of Washington; Ms. Boggy Bayou Veronica Jo Lafleur, of Ragley; Miss Boggy Bayou Kale Elizabeth Cloud, of Elizabeth; Teen Miss Boggy Bayou Molly Angelle Johnson, of Abbeville; and Deb Miss Boggy Bayou Meredith Deaton, of Fenton. More from the pageant will be in the Sunday, March 31, edition of the Ville Platte Gazette. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)