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The Fair Queen Contest is now open for single girls between the ages of 15 and 18 as of Sept. 1 who are residents and students in Colorado County.
Contestants must pay an entry fee of $75 provided by a sponsor, sell a minimum of 50 season passes to the fair and provide a head shot and entry form to be entered. Junior Fair Queen Contestants must pay an entry fee of $50 and sell a minimum of 25 tickets. The highest selling contestant gets a gift card. The Fair Queen and Junior Fair Queen have the same requirements outside of the fee and the ticket sales.
The contestant that sells the most fair tickets and carnival passes will be crowned as Membership Queen, who will also be awarded the Pamela Potter Honorary Scholarship of $2,000 and a buckle. The Membership Runner-up receives a scholarship in the amount of $500.
The Fair Queen Leslie Schmidt Heard Memorial Scholarship of $1,000 and a buckle as well. The runner up receives a Megan Bloecher Memorial Scholarship of $500.
Any contestant that has previously won Membership Queen can run only for Fair Queen, and any prior Fair Queen can only run for Membership Queen. Queens will be expected to represent the county at 80% or more of all area parades in the county.
Contestants must be of good moral standing, as well as never married, divorced and not have given birth or expecting a child.
The contest will take place on Saturday, Sept. 7 at the Colorado County Fairgrounds Founder’s Hall with a private interview with judges and a pageant for contestants around 7:30 p.m. Contestants should be at Fairgrounds no later than 6 p.m.
An informational meeting will be held at the Fair Grounds office on Tuesday, June 25 or Wednesday, June 26 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. for contestant sign up. Contact Christy Alonso at 979-942-0902 or Shannan Gerik at 979732-0865 to receive the information packet to register for those that cannot go to the information meetings.
