Judges & Emcee
Jessica Wicks
Jessica Wicks is a three-time "Miss Pawnee" winner and 2-time runner up. She is also the founder and CEO of Smile, Wave, Walk, Inc. Pawnee's #1 place for pageant training. This is her eleventh consecutive year judging the Miss Pawnee Pageant.
Ray Holstead
Ray Holstead is the founder, president, chairman, and daytime shift manager of Ray's Sandwich Place, located at 3467 Wilmont Place in Pawnee. Mention that you read Ray's bio on your next visit and receive a free bread upgrade. Ray's Sandwich Place is the perfect place for a sandwich, or for hosting corporate events that require sandwiches, or sandwich-themed children's birthday parties!
Charles Woliner
Charles Woliner is a 30-year veteran of "Miss Pawnee" pageant judging, and has thus influenced the lives of countless crown holders. To name just a few, Charles officiated the wedding of Chelsey Bulpa (Miss Pawnee '88), lives in the same residential community as Jessica Wicks (Miss Pawnee '92, '93, and '94), and was briefly married to Shannon O'Neil (Miss Pawnee '08). Charles considers the "Miss Pawnee" pageant his life's work. He has also opened two schools for underprivileged children.
Leslie Knope
Leslie Knope is the Deputy Director of Parks and Recreation and the Chairwoman of the Departmental Ad-Hoc Sub-Committee on Pit Beautification in Pawnee, Indiana. Though she never participated in the "Miss Pawnee" pageant as a youngster, she looks forward to judging contestants on a variety of personal and interpersonal categories, and perhaps stumbling upon a future presidential candidate.
Tom Haverford
Waz up, pageant hotties!!! Check in with Tommy Haverford after the show for directions to the hottest post-pageant party in Pawneeeeee! Hint: my place.
The EMCEE - Martin Housely
Chances are, if you've been to a special event in Pawnee, you've seen Martin Housely - Pawnee's one and only MC!
Martin Housely graduated from Purdue University with a degree in marine biology. He spent three years abroad researching coral polyps in the Great Barrier Reef. His doctoral thesis, "The Effect of Climate Change on Australian Marine Life," was published in 1994. And now, he's Pawnee's #1 Host with the Most!
Formerly of the MC duo "The Housely Bros.", Martin went solo in 1997 and hasn't regretted it since. He is available to MC any occasion, such as weddings, graduation parties, birthdays, reunions, baptisms, bar and bat mitzvahs, boat christenings, Kwanzaa ceremonies, Santa Claus-based gatherings, and burials (human and pet).
Has his own tuxedo and PA system. Will need a ride to the event, due to pending legal action regarding DWI.
