The 2018 Miss Grays Harbor and Outstanding Teen were crowned Saturday evening in a combined pageant that spanned more than three hours.

Miss Grays Harbor

Kuinn Karaffa, 22, a graduate student in pre-law at Washington State University, was named Miss Grays Harbor. Her platform is Habitat for Humanity, and for her talent she played her own arrangement of “My Heart Will Go On,” from the film “Titanic.”

Runners-up, in order, were Courtney Glenn, a 17-year-old senior at Aberdeen High School; and Kylie Shepard, a 21-year-old graduate student at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology (online).

Other awards among the group of six contestants were:

Personal Growth: Courtney Glenn

Staff Award: Mercedes Pinnell

Dash for Cash: Mercedes Pinnell

Scholastic Achievement: Kylie Shepard

Living Your Platform: Kylie Shepard

Miss Congeniality: Kylie Shepard

Moving On Up Award: Kylie Shepard

Four Points of the Crown: Kylie Shepard

Together We Can (tie): Kwinn Karaffa and Kylie Shepard

Empowered Young Woman: Kwinn Karaffa

Outstanding Teen

Mercedes Morrill, 13, an eighth-grader at Montesano Junior/Senior High School, was named Outstanding Teen. Her platform is physical fitness for young girls and teens, and for her talent she performed a tumbling demonstration.

Runners-up, in order, were Dannah Gleason, a 17-year-old junior at Aberdeen High School; Shayli Burlingame, a 14-year-old freshman at Aberdeen High School; and Morgan Lamont, a 15-year-old sophomore at Capital High School.

Other awards among the group of nine contestants were:

Personal Growth: Peyton Wood

Staff Award: Macy Holcomb

Dash for Cash: Shayli Burlingame

Scholastic Achievement (tie): Ellie Winkelman and Macy Holcomb

Living Your Platform: Ellie Winkelman

Miss Congeniality: Shayli Burlingame

Four Points of the Crown: Shayli Burlingame

Several more awards were to be announced later, at the after-party at the Hoquiam Elks Club.

(Keith J. Krueger) Mercedes Morrill, 13, has been crowned Grays Harbor Outstanding Teen 2018.