The Miami County Fair
Queen & Princess Pageant
For those young ladies interested in running for the 2012 Miami County Fair Queen and Princess Pageant, we have provided the following information on schedules, guidelines and a brief history of previous Queens and Princesses. Note: For those mentioned in the history portion: If you wish not to have your name mentioned in this website, please let us know and we will be happy to remove your name.
Pageant Entry Deadline: Entries must be post-marked or hand delivered no later than June 1. Entries will be accepted up to June 1.
Purpose: The purpose of having a Fair Queen and Princess is primarily to bring attention to our fair and provide an opportunity for young ladies within our community to gain skills in Marketing, Public Relations and to build self-confidence within the young ladies who participate in the pageant.
Guidelines:
Age: The pageant is open to girls 8-21. January 1 of the current year is the guide. The division between queen and princess is generally 8-12 and 13-21. however, the division age may be altered to even out the numbers.
Residence: The pageant is open to girls that reside in Miami County. Additional eligibility includes girls that live out of the county, but belong to a Miami County 4-H club. Participation is open to All Miami County girls. It is not limited to 4-H members only.
Qualifications:
*Willing to sell fair event tickets.
*Willing to ride in the Rotary parade held fair week.
Note: If you are on a 4-H float, in band, school or other community club, or saddle club and in the parade in another division, you are excused from the pageant float or wagon. However, we discourage an individual parade entry not associated with things listed above. A wagon or float will be supplied for the contestants. For safety reasons, we ask that you remain on the wagon at all times and refrain from jumping off to sell tickets during the parade.
Pageant Purpose: The pageant is held to select the girl that promotes the fair and its events the most successfully. This is determined by the high point ticket sales and bonus activities.
Selling Tickets: Each ticket sold by a contestant earns that contestant one point towards their final score. In addition, for every ticket sold, each contestant earns a payback of $1 per ticket.
In addition to ticket sales: Contestants have an option to assist with fair events held priorto Thursday afternoon. A maximum of 50 points can be earned. Each 2 hour shiftworked at an event equals 10 bonus points. The event coordinator or
superintendant needs to sign the bonus point form.
Procedures:
Coronation: During the opening night of the Miami County Rodeo (Thursday), all candidates will be escourted into the arena by a truck, wagon or float. All the girls will be introduced at that time. Please wave to the crowd as your name and bio are read. That lets people know which girl is being recognized. Unless it is extremely muddy, the girls will get off the wagons for the coronation. The coronation customarily takes place in front of the chutes in which the current royalty will crown the new royalty.
Schedule: The entry deadline as listed above is June 1st. During the following week, the first meeting is set up. Tickets are checked out at this time. We also try to get pictures of all of the contestants for the newspaper. If contestants are unable to attend this meeting, they can go to one of the newspaper offices in the county to have her individual photo taken.
Bookkeeping: It is customary for contestants to check out 200 tickets at the first meeting. ALL UNSOLD TICKETS ARE REQUIRED TO BE TURNED BACK IN, so it necessary to set up a good bookkeeping system with a parent.
You are responsible for the tickets that you have checked out. We keep numbers recorded for tickets that are checked out to each individual. If a book of ten tickets is lost and turned in, we can check the numbers and find the girl that they belong to. Arrange a safe place with your parent to keep tickets and money. If you have other people selling tickets for you, make sure they are very responsible. Make certain that they understand to return all unsold tickets back to you by the final check-in.
Keep your money and tickets in a safe place. It is best not to carry all your tickets with you at one time.
You do not need to keep all the money until the end of the contest. You can chek in money and check out more tickets during the contest. Beckie Dysart, Marylynn Hickman or Tracy Colegrove will be who you will turn money into and check more tickets out from. How they can be reached will be provided at the first meeting.
Parade: Trucks or wagons will be provided for contestants to participate in the parade. The trucks or wagons are given an assigned spot in the parade and have to be there early to line up. If the parade begins at 7:00pm, it is advised to get to the line-up position by 6:30pm. We generally know the number of the position by Monday or Tuesday. Ask your parents to escourt you to the location. The truck or wagon will take you throughout the entire parade and will drop off contestants at the fair grounds.
Parade Attire: The type of outfits are selected by the contestants. If wester attire is adecided upon, no hats are necessary. The tierras are not designed to fit over a hat. We will decide on attire at the first meeting.
Advance Ticket Prices: We offer advance ticket prices at a discount to give you the opptunity to sell tickets. Children 6 and under and accompanied by an adult are not required to purchase a ticket.
One ticket allows entry into one rodeo performance or to the demolition derby.
Advance ticket prices end at 5:00pm on Thursday. You will turn in all of your tickets on Thursday morning, but tickets will still be available for the advance ticket price at the fair office until 5:00pm. Tickets sold at the fair office can be credited to your name and will be added to your score. Our display will help people see who is competing and select the girl that they want to credit their purchase to.
This fair office system allows less confusion in the fair office and eliminates ticket owner mix-ups. The 5:00pm cut-off time evens out the fairness for girls that draw first positions to check in their tickets on Thursday morning.
Checks: People wishing to pay via check can make them out to the Miami County Fair.
Entry Form:
Please click on the icon above for an on-line entry form. Forms are to be filled out and returned to one of the following addresses below:
Attention: Queen/Princess Contest
Miami County Fair
Box 451
Paola, KS 66071
History of the Miami County Fair Queen and Princess:
The Miami County Fair Queen pageant began in 1974. Following in 1991, the Princess pageant was added to include girls in younger age groups. The pageant was established by the Rotary club and was originally a Rodeo Queen pageant. As the years past, there sparked more interest by young ladies who did not have horses. It was at that time, that they pageant format was changed to Fair Queen and Princess pageant and the horsemanship portion was eliminated.
History of Queens:
2011 Kelsey Schlesner
2010 Mercedes Jo Smith
2009 Jordon Menefee
2008 Misty Lethcho
2007 Kayleigh Jo Shay
2006 Aubrey Peckman
2005 Jamie Cole
2004 Shaylan Ennis
2003 Jamie Cole
2002 Rockie Gibson
2001 Laura Courtney
2000 Chelsie Kettler
1999 Julie Eastwood
1998 Jamie Cole
1997 Annie Roberts
1996 Heather Adams
1995 Cloudy Adams
1994 Mara Thorpe
1993 Susan Dysart (2001 Miss Rodeo Kansas)
1992 Jamie Menefee
1991 Misty Ross
1990 Becky Howell
1989 Jennifer Menefee
1988 Tracy Colegrove
1987 Kari Hickman
1986 Stephanie Almendarez
1985 Kim McDaniels
1984 Denise Kill
1983 Jodie Haley
1982 Debbie Cottrell
1981 Tammi Vohs
1980 Colleen (Coco) Oshel
1979 Renee Slyter
1978 Debra Brown (1979 Miss Rodeo Kansas)
1977 Jana Harrington
1976 Sheila Harrington
1975 Sharon Walters - This was a Jaycee Rodeo Queen during the fair. This was the start of a rodeo queen contest.
1974 Kathy Prihoda, a member of the Osage Pioneers 4-H.
Each 4-H Club sponsored a girl. Donation cans were placed in businesses. Each 10 cents a girl had donated equaled one vote. Money was used to support the fairgrounds building fund. The queen and her top two attendants spent the week passing out ribbons and awards at the fair.
History of Princesses:
2011 Destiny Fergeson
2010 Mary Hrenchir
2009 Katlyn Hendrickson
2008 Cheyenne Lindsey
2007 Shelby Hazlett
2006 Cayley Fenoughty
2005 Britnie Wright
2004 Kelsey Kattau
2003 Cayley Fenoughty
2002 Genna Stambaugh
2001 Monica Gonzales
2000 Katheryn Gatton
1999 Kayla Weaver
1998 Kelly Kinder
1997 Natalie Hamblin
1996 Tiffany Donaldson
1995 Kimberly Pearce
1994 Chelsie Kettler
1993 Tamera Guenther
1992 Christi Guenther
1991 Kristi Weers
History of Sweetharts:
2011 Madyson Smotherman
2010 Cierra Lindsey
2009 Destiny Fergeson
2008 Shelby Grandon
2007 Kayleigh Kollman
2006 Hanna Edwards
2005 Katlyn Hendrickson
2004 Kennedy McMullin
2003 Kenna Haley
