The festival represents people celebrating community, shared experiences, legacies and hard work, Lenz said. Lenz ...

The 'One Tree Hill' star tells PEOPLE in an exclusive interview that she loves hearing from women who reach out saying how ...

Some of the parade participants will include Queen Azalea LXXVIII Bethany Joy Lenz, marching bands, area dignitaries and ...

and is expected to last until about 11 a.m. It’s always a big deal when the Queen makes an appearance — Queen Azalea, that is ...

Lenz is best known for playing Haley James Scott for ten years on ‘One Tree Hill’, which was filmed in Wilmington.

Bethany Joy Lenz is the 78th Queen Azalea. Wednesday evening, she was crowned in a stunning pink dress, as Queen Azalea. The ...

Live performance by multicultural organizations. The Azalea Queen’s Court, the Azalea Festival Princess and reigning Miss ...

For nearly five decades, it was literally unheard of for the North Carolina Azalea Festival to crown a queen with ties to the Wilmington area. Since the first Azalea Festival in 1948, its queens ...

N.C. Azalea Festival started on Wednesday, and we've got all of the festival coverage you could ever want right here in the ...

Just in case anyone needs ideas for who might make a good Azalea queen, here are some women with local ties who would fill the role quite well.