Kelsey Earley, Miss Maine 2015, walked a slightly less glamorous red carpet than the Miss America stage when she took an icy plunge last weekend into Sebago Lake.

Pieces of red carpet were laid in a path to a hole in the ice where Earley, dressed as a lobster and wearing a tiara, was one of 60 people to jump into the icy waters off Raymond Beach as part of the Shaw’s Polar Ice Dip to benefit the Maine Children’s Cancer Program.

“As Miss Maine, it was my goal to do a polar plunge,” Earley said. “I’ve been a volunteer at Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital for the past six years, so it’s a cause that’s near and dear to my heart.”

Earley came with a crew from her York County hometown of Lebanon, and together they raised $1,690.

Tara Studley, organizer of the dip, said this year’s event, sponsored by Shaw’s Supermarkets, raised more than $40,000 altogether.

The polar plunge was held despite the cancellation of the Sebago Lake and Cumberland County ice fishing derbies, of which the dip has been an integral part.

“It’s a unique, fun way for people to come out and support kids in Maine with cancer,” Studley said. “It takes bravery to jump in the water, but it really puts the bravery of the kids fighting cancer into perspective.”

Studley, who has worked on the dip for four years, said this is the first year she has been involved that a Miss Maine participated.

“We’re excited to have her here,” Studley said.

Studley said the Sebago Lake Rotary Club, which oversees the fishing derbies, is “hugely helpful with the logistics” of the dip. The club is responsible for cutting the hole in the ice and arranging emergency services to be present at the event.

Although both the Sebago Lake and countywide derbies were canceled due to poor ice conditions, an awards banquet was still held at Windham Weaponry Sunday evening, where prizes were raffled. Prizes included gift cards to Kittery Trading Post, worth up to $500. The grand prize was a 2016 Polaris Sportsman 570 all-terrain vehicle from Team Woody’s Performance Center in Topsham.

Andrew Pires of Falmouth, who won the big prize, said he was disappointed that the derby was canceled, but was “thrilled to win the ATV. It is one of those things that you always hear happens to someone else, so it was quite surprising and exciting to get the phone call.”

Pires said he still has to fill out some paperwork before he can bring home his new ride, but he is hoping to take it for a test drive later this week.

Deb McPhail, president of the Sebago Lake Rotary Club, said she was “terribly disappointed” to cancel the derby.

“We work on it for a good eight months,” she said. “It’s a lot of effort to get it all geared up and arranged.”

A total of 246 people registered for the derby this year, according to McPhail. She said the club had not finalized how much money was raised at the derby, but said “we won’t be in the red. Whatever money we do make will be given to charity.”

The derby’s next fundraiser is a pizza challenge in May. McPhail said last year the event brought out more than 500 people to taste and rate local pizzas in different categories.