Whitney Boyles, center, who was named Miss Kentucky 2000, was crowned by Miss America Heather Renee French, left, and reigning Miss Kentucky Shanna Moore at Transylvania University’s Haggin Auditorium on June 24, 2000. Boyles, 21, Miss Northern Kentucky, was from Louisville, and she was competing in her fifth Miss Kentucky scholarship pageant. The 2017 Miss Kentucky will be crowned Saturday night at the University of Kentucky’s Singletary Center for the Arts. Photo by Mark Cornelison | Staff