Okaihau teenager Megan Hammerton was crowned Miss Far North 2016 in Kerikeri on Saturday night.
Her predecessor, Danielle Collings, was there to formally hand the title over to the 18-year-old, who won the pageant ahead of 14-year-old Sophia Fotheringham (Taipa) and 14-year-old Te Akimiria Muriwai (Kamo).
Te Akimiria also won the People's Choice award, decided by Northland Age readers, while 14-year-old Rochelle Pattison (Kerikeri) was named Miss Personality, 15-year-old Mia Bentley-Tsibuah (Kerikeri) Miss Catwalk, and 18-year-old Zarena Blucher (Kaitaia) Miss Photogenic.
![Fourteen-year-old Te Akamiria Muriwai (Kamo), winner of the hotly-contested People's Choice award. Photo / Inkara Studio 3](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/XBOKLBH3XXBPA6A7DQF4C4EGSY.jpg?auth=d7d7ca54792c1df76210d49889c3fa16d8b5d77c99387d72aa10055454570018&width=16&height=27&quality=70&smart=true)
The Little Miss Far North title went to 12-year-old Paige Naylor (Kawakawa), runner-up nine-year-old Coolie-Berry Maxwell (Okaihau), second runner-up nine-year-old Breanna Ott (Okaihau).