Jenna Barker, 9, of Panama City Beach, recently was chosen as a state finalist in the National American Miss Florida State Pageant in the junior pre-teen category. The pageant will be held at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Jacksonville, Fla. on July 3-4.

Barker is the daughter of retired U.S. Navy diver James Barker and Navy public affairs officer Jacqui Barker, both Flathead High School graduates.

Barker’s maternal grandparents, Don and Patti Dorlarque, live in Columbia Falls. Her paternal grandparents, Gary and Connie Barker, live in Kalispell.

Jenna is sponsored by her grandparents, her great aunt in Idaho, and Tod McAtee and Carla and Craig Williams of Kalispell.