TOPANGA SHERF woke up Sunday morning as Miss Garden Grove for 2022 (Miss Garden Grove pageant photo).

Topanga Scherf was crowned as Miss Garden Grove for 2022 in a ceremony Saturday evening at Bell Intermediate School in Garden Grove.

CONTESTANTS in the Miss Garden Grove pageant (Photo by George Brietigam).

Scherf is a first-year student at California State University, Long Beach and her social impact initiative is “Food For Thought: Food Allergy Awareness.” She is sponsored by Kiwanis Club of Garden Grove.

The new Miss Garden Grove represents the city at various civic functions and rides in the annual Strawberry Festival parade.

Other contestants were Mitzi Abasta (sponsored by the DeBello Agency), Cierra Bennette (Weimer & Associates), Maricel Gibson (Garden Grove Elks Lodge) and Jocelyn Garica (Garden Grove Rotary Club).

Sherf succeeds Raena Ramirez, who served two years as Miss Garden Grove in an extended term because of the coronavirus pandemic.