# @theoregonian on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CtrRuCvy-5L
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/7584650-theoregonian-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-06-19T15:00:27.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Oregonian (@theoregonian) — https://gondola.cc/theoregonian

## Caption

Congrats, Princess!

By name alone, Princess Fletcher seemed destined to wear a crown. But the 16-year-old community ambassador wowed the crowd with an original poem before being presented as Miss Juneteenth Oregon on Saturday at the 51st annual Juneteenth Oregon celebration in North Portland’s Lillis-Albina Park.

She says the Juneteenth celebration of freedom, the “sisterhood” among pageant contestants and her life story, coming to the U.S. from Nigeria when she was 10, have galvanized her to speak up to empower people and promote community service.

Read more at the link in our bio.

📸: mark_w_graves

#juneteenth #portland #missjuneteenth #missjuneteenthoregon #oregon #theoregonian

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