The Miss North Carolina Scholarship Pageant celebrates its 75th anniversary. All week, News 14 Carolina will bring you stories about the pageant, its participants, and why it's still so special to so many people after all these years. “Big Mama,” a vivacious pageant coach for decades, is an icon in the Miss America circle. Here’s a look at the legacy Big Mama still leaves behind to this day.

Be sure to tune in Saturday, June 22 at 8:00 p.m. to watch the Miss North Carolina Scholarship Pageant live, on Time Warner Cable Channel 520