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Olivia Dibble crowned Miss Riverton 2025; city awards $3,500 in scholarships
Summary
At the Miss Riverton scholarship pageant, Olivia Dibble was named Miss Riverton 2025 and awarded a $2,000 scholarship. First runner-up Lauren De Grama won $1,000 and second attendant Jane Rutherford received $500. The pageant, supported by Riverton City scholarship funds, showcased 13 contestants and emphasized community-service initiatives.
Olivia Dibble was crowned Miss Riverton 2025 and awarded a $2,000 scholarship at Riverton City’s Miss Riverton scholarship pageant. First runner-up Lauren De Grama received a $1,000 scholarship and second attendant Jane Rutherford received $500.
The scholarship awards were presented onstage during the pageant. Mayor Trent Staggs, who spoke at the event, thanked city staff and council members for allocating funds to the scholarship program and praised the contestants’ dedication. Staggs said the competition “takes a certain level of courage and charisma” and thanked parents and volunteers who support the program.
The 13 contestants competed across multiple scored phases, including a private interview (which the emcee said counts for 30 percent of the overall score), an on-stage conversation (10 percent), fitness (20 percent), talent (20 percent) and evening gown (20 percent). The pageant is run as a scholarship competition; panelists and volunteer auditors verified scoring, emcee Nathan Osmond said.
Reigning Miss Riverton Kylie Hallett returned to the stage, and Miss Utah Paris Matthews attended and spoke about the program’s role in preparing contestants for larger competitions. Matthews noted that she won more than $17,000 in scholarship money while competing and credited local competitions such as Riverton’s for supporting contestants’ advancement.
In her remarks after being named Miss Riverton, Olivia Dibble said the pageant’s community service emphasis matters to her work: “I work at Primary Children's Hospital in the ER as a child life specialist. So I help kids cope with the hospitalization.” That initiative, she said earlier in the program, focuses on the “power of play” for hospitalized children.
Mayor Staggs and city staff presented the scholarship checks onstage. Officials did not specify whether additional city or private scholarship funds will be disbursed later.
Contestants and panelists remained onstage for final photos after the announcement and the emcee invited attendees to meet the new titleholder in the lobby. The pageant organizers said the scholarship program has been funded in prior years through amounts appropriated by the city council and volunteers’ donated time.
Olivia Dibble will serve as Miss Riverton 2025 for the coming year at community events; Kylie Hallett is scheduled to compete at the Miss Utah competition in June, the emcee and panelists said.
