Bailee Eidt talks to friends and family after being announced 2016 Most Beautiful in Adams County Christian School’s 40th annual beauty pageant Saturday in Natchez.

Destinee Smith greets friends and family after competing in the pageant.

Eidt hugs her best friend Sydney Lawrence after the pageant. Lawrence and Eidt both competed in the pageant. Two years ago, the two were in a a car accident, and Eidt said they thought Lawrence was going to have to be air-lifted to the hospital. "We've been through everything together," Eidt said.

From left, third runner-up Smith, first runner-up Meighan Lee, Eidt, fourth runner-up Kaitlan Dillon and second runner-up Morgan White stand for a photo after the pageant.