Congratulations to the winner of the 2022 North Carolina Azalea Festival Scholarship Pageant and our 2022 Festival Princess, McKinley Lanier, and her court: 1st Runner-Up from E.A. Laney High School, Devon Jones, 2nd Runner-Up, from Ashley High School, Ruby Moulton, 3rd Runner-Up, from Wilmington Early College, Rileigh Pedersen, and 4th Runner-Up, from John T. Hoggard High School, Maia Cankurtaran.