Get your stilettos ready for the wildest beauty pageant in all the land! The 31st Annual Queen Mother Pageant, presented by John “Ma” Evans and LaTeDa and hosted by Christopher Peterson and Randy Roberts will be Monday, May 12, 2014.

This annual fundraiser for the Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice of the Florida Keys and One Human Family is a riotous good time! Duval Street – in front of LaTeDa (1125 Duval Street) – will be taken over as contestants compete in ever-entertaining categories such as “evening gown,” “talent,” and “interview” to decide who will be crowned the new Queen Mother.

“One Night Only” is this year’s theme and the event will be dedicated to Ma’s mother and favorite gal, Eileen Evans.

“The Key West Queen Mother Pageant is not about a crown and a title, it is a job,” stated Queen Mother 30 Gassy Winds a.k.a. J.B. McLendon. “And to steal a quote from the US Navy, ‘It’s not just a job, it’s an adventure’; and what a humbling and rewarding adventure it has been.”

The doors will open at 7pm with the show starting promptly at 8pm. Tables are $500, $300 and $200 (tables seat eight), $30 for individual seats, and $25 at the door for standing room only. For advance tickets, visit www.vnahospicekeys.org or call 305-295-9741. Food can be pre-ordered for the event by contacting LaTeDa directly. No outside food or beverages will be allowed.

Queen Mother 31 is sponsored by Design Group Key West, Goldman’s Deli, Gourmet Nibbles & Flowers (courtesy of Queen Mother 19 Ms. D) and Home Depot.

As always, the Queen Mother’s Royal Tea will be held the Sunday before the pageant (May 11th) from 4pm until 6:30pm at LaTeDa and will be hosted by Queen Mother 30 Gassy Winds.