A Sunday evening celebration of women’s empowerment at Santa Rosa’s Ellington Hall was capped by the crowning of Selena Iannone as Miss Latina Wine Country 2025. The 10th anniversary of this competition honored the four contestants and two Ms. Wine Country Awareness coronations.
A banquet in the dining hall kicked off the event, followed by a gathering of nearly two hundred spectators met to feast and converse prefacing the program that was scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.
The presentation hall featured a projected neon sign in green declaring “Tenth Anniversary.” Eight rows of white chairs, four on each side, faced an elevated runway that led to the stage, which was anchored in corners by two plush, red throne chairs. Red roses backed the stage on shelves of various heights…