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By Peri Kinder | peri.k@thecityjournals.com
The lifelong city resident was a student body officer at Riverton High School.
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liva Dibble will serve the community for the next year as Miss SCHEDULE TODAY! Riverton 2025. The 21-year-old Riverton High graduate was se- SLOTS FILL UP FAST. lected from a group of 13 young women during the Miss Riverton 801-254-4840 competition on March 29 at the Sandra N. Lloyd Community Center (12830 S. Redwood Road). This was the first pageant competition Dibble had participated in FREE ADMISSION and she said the whole experience was amazing, from getting to know the other contestants to hearing her name called on stage. “I was very shocked but super excited,” she said. “For one month, I was with the other girls, so it was fun to experience being in that environment with them and learning about the power of womanhood and how smart and incredibly talented all of them were. It was so fun to be there with them.” Loren DeGraaff and Jane Rutherford make up the Miss Riverton Royalty as 1st attendant and 2nd attendant, respectively. Rutherford served as 2nd attendant in last year’s Miss Riverton Royalty and is thrilled to have the chance to work with Dibble and DeGraaff. “I’m honestly so excited about the upcoming year and so grateful that I have this opportunity again,” Rutherford said. “If I could say one thing to the girls in this community, it would be just to get yourself out there, because it’s so amazing.” Dibble ran on the platform “The Language of Music” and said she had a deep connection with music as it helped her express herself in ways that other modalities couldn’t. She plans to use her platform to reach children in the community, especially those with cognitive disabilities, helping them to find new avenues of expression. She plans to hold monthly music workshops, working with local schools and business partners to get the program started. “I feel very lucky and very blessed that I get this opportunity,” Dibble said. “Since I have lived here my whole life, it feels fitting to be a representative for girls my age and for younger girls to look up to.” The event was co-hosted by Nathan Osmond and Miss Utah 2024 Paris Matthews, a former Miss Riverton 1st Attendant. The 13 contestants were scored on a private interview with the panelists, talent, health and fitness, evening gown and an onstage conversation. The new Miss Riverton received a $2,000 scholarship with the 1st attendant winning $1,000 and the 2nd attendant receiving $500. Dibble sang a version of Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now” for her talent. DeGraaff performed “Got the Sun in
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Olivia Dibble is crowned Miss Riverton 2025 by the outgoing Miss Riverton Kylie Hallett during the Miss Riverton competition on March 29. (Peri Kinder/City Journals)
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