Zimmerman Crowned Miss Czhilispiel 54

Brynlee Zimmerman (center, in red) was crowned Miss Czhilispiel 54 at the royalty pageant held in Flatonia over the weekend. The festival started in 1973 to celebrate the centennial anniversary of Flatonia. Czhilispiel began as a fundraiser to help fund a local Flatonia student’s medical school education. At the time Flatonia needed a doctor, so the residents organized the Czech heritage festival and chili cook-off, Czhilispiel. The student agreed to serve the community for at least five years after completing medical school, but ended up staying longer. Czhilispiel continues to use proceeds from the event to benefit local needs, whether for students or community services.

Czhilispiel 54 is Oct. 23-25 in Flatonia. Here’s the whole list of awards and royalty court:

Miss Czhilispiel- Brynlee Zimmerman 1st runner up- Orianna Duenez Miss CZ congeniality and photogenic-Brynlee Zimmerman Jr. Miss Czhilispiel- Sofia Manzano 1st runner up- Katelin Besonis Jr. Miss congeniality and photogenic-Sofia Manzano Young Miss Czhilispiel- Bailey Beeman 1st runner up- Allison Kreidel 2nd runner up- Kamryn Sullivan Young Miss CZ photogenic- Bailey Beeman Little Miss Czhilispiel- Laikyn Manzano 1st runner up- Ellie Hajdik 2nd runner up- Annie Kozelsky Little Miss CZ photogenic- Laikyn Manzano Little Mr. Czhilispiel- James Muehr 1st runner up- Maverick Vaquez Little Mr. CZ photogenic- Maverick Vasquez Pepper Princess- Emerson Wulf 1st runner up- Camreigh Osborne 2nd runner up- Jiana Grifaldo Pepper Princess photogenic- Emerson Wulf