For Saylor Lancaster, her tenure as Miss Fall Festival has been a life-changing experience.

Lancaster was crowned 2025 Miss Fall Festival last year and competed in the Miss Indiana competition in Zionsville in June. Her reign ends when a new Miss Fall Festival is crowned during the competition, which begins at 3 p.m. Oct. 4 at the Hoosier Village in Zionsville. Miss Tippecanoe and Miss Tippecanoe’s Teen titles winners also will be announced. Those titles became part of the Miss Fall Festival program in 2024. The three titleholders advance to Miss Indiana, part of the Miss America organization, in June 2026 in Zionsville.

“The best part of my reign as Miss Fall Festival has been the opportunity to connect more deeply with the Zionsville Lions and the entire Zionsville community,” Lancaste

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