Bethany Joy Lenz, known for her role in "One Tree Hill", has been named the 78th queen of the North Carolina Azalea Festival. The festival, taking place in Wilmington, NC from April 2-6, will feature ...

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 — who ...

The 78th North Carolina Azalea Festival queen has been crowned, and the party has officially started. Bethany Joy Lenz, who lived and worked in Wilmington for years as a star of the series "One Tree ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The North Carolina Azalea Festival at Wilmington, Inc. has announced Bethany Joy Lenz as this year’s Queen Azalea. Joy Lenz, best known for her role as Haley James Scott on ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - This year’s Queen Azalea Bethany Joy Lenz visited a Wilmington School on April 3. The former ‘One Tree Hill’ star visited St. Mark Catholic School on Eastwood Road. St. Mark ...

If you’re coming to Wilmington, NC for the festival, click that link for more information about the town. We’re gearing up for the North Carolina Azalea Festival 2025, which means it’s time to start ...

The North Carolina Azalea Festival has been crowning queens since 1948, with most being actresses or pageant winners. Since 1997, nearly a third of Azalea queens have been from Wilmington or have ...