Is beauty only in the eye of the beholder, or is it a combination of things. Perhaps this year only Miss Nephi will know for sure!

The Miss Nephi scholarship pageant for 2017 is set for April 18, 2017. We used to call it the Beauty Contest, but it may have changed somewhere in time. Although beauty is said to "be in the eye of the beholder", we made up our own definition, perhaps to give all a chance to define beauty. We see beauty as a combination of qualities that pleases senses not only to the eyes, but the ears; the mind; the spirit and heart. In 1951, the Nephi City Centennial Queen was Barbara Jones, who is the daughter of Vic and Alberta Blackett Jones of Nephi, Utah. Barbara married good looking Larry Hansen from Sanpete County. Her beauty may have helped her with a career as an airline stewardess, which helped get her acquainted with Bob Hope. She also had internal beauty, getting her college education and being a teacher. At age 88, she now has both beauty and fight, as she stays strong in Los Altos, California, following health issues. Photos provided by Times News and Ute Stampede programs.