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Mar. 18—RUSHVILLE — It may seem hard to believe, but it's time to prepare for the 62nd Rush County Fair Queen Pageant. Organizers are currently looking for contestants. The deadline to enter ...
Since 1949, choosing an Ionia Free Fair Queen has been an annual tradition. [45] As of the 2020s, the process to be crowned as Ionia Free Fair Queen includes an application (with headshot), an introductory breakfast, a group interview, a solo interview, and a pageant where contestants will give a speech, answer questions, and be judged. [1]
There are a number of pageants that include the Fairest of the Fair at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 15, at the Farm Bureau Expo Center and a Ms. Wilson County Fair pageant for ages 21-59. Food
For decades the official greeter and host of the fair was Don Diego, a smiling caballero portrayed by Spanish actor Tom Hernández from 1947 until his death in 1984. The character was based on a real person, Don Diego Alvarado, whose family had a large land grant in the Del Mar area during the late 1800s; Alvarado was known for his grand parties and was regarded as the local symbol of a ...
The oldest pageant still in operation today is the Miss America pageant, which was organized in 1921 by a local businessman to entice tourists to Atlantic City, New Jersey. [22] The pageant hosted the winners of local newspaper beauty contests in the "Inter-City Beauty" Contest, attended by over one hundred thousand people.
Aug. 22—The 108th Grady County Free Fair week kicked off with the Princess Pageant on Monday night. There were 10 contestants for Little Miss and seven contestants for Princess, all from Grady ...
Sep. 22—History was made at Lee Regional Fair with this year's Miss Lee Regional Fair Queen selection becoming the third person in her family to have achieve that title. Macy Faulk, 18, was ...
A beauty pageant or beauty contest is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of contestants. Pageants have now evolved to include other criteria, such as personality, intelligence, talent, character, causes, and charitable involvement, through closed-door interviews with judges, or the conventional question-and-answer round(s) in the finals.