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QUEEN & PRINCESS PAGEANT
Marion County Fair Queen & Princess Pageant
Current Queen Court
Current Queen
Sara Zink
Current Queen’s Court
Joining Sara and Madison on the Court is…
Queen 1st Runner-Up – Kenzie Sullivan
Queen 2nd Runner-Up – Avarie Hinton
Princess 1st Runner-Up – Lacie Ferguson
Miss Congeniality, Queen – Trinity Lee
Miss Congeniality, Princess – Jadea Crocket
Current Princess
Madison Jordan
Pageant Participation
Are you interested in being crowned, dubbed royalty, AND/OR earning a $2,500 scholarship? To get all the info about competing please review the pageant forms in the next section.
General Rules & Requirements
Must be between the ages of 14 and 20 as of June 1 in the competition year.
Ages 17-20 aim to be crowned Marion County Fair Queen.
All participants must be a Marion County resident or have at least one parent who resides in Marion County.
All forms must be completed and sumbitted by the deadline listed on the entry form.
Pageant Court
Queen
Queen First Runner-Up
Queen Second Runner-Up
Princess
Princess First Runner-Up
Miss Congeniality
Information & Application
Start your exciting pageant journey! The following information sheets and forms are available for your review and download, please follow the instructions on these forms for submission dates. The application deadline has been EXTENDED to June 20th, 2024.
Pageant History
The Marion County Fair has been crowning Queens since 1958 when Janice Cook took home the first title! The county Pageant serves as the feeder competition leading to the Indiana State Fair Pageant. Marion County has seen 3 of its winners go on to be named Indiana State Fair Queen as well: Susan Bristow (1961), Judith Kay Smith (1968) and Ellen Elizabeth Turner (1981)!
Below is the list of past winners… if you are on the list or know someone on it… we’d love to have you share photos from when you were crowned or during your time at the fair. Please email those to queenpageant@marioncountyfair.org with the subject line “Queen archive” and we’ll post them on this page and on the Marion County Fair Queen Facebook page!
Marion County Fair Queens
1958 – Janice Cook
1961 – Susan Bristow **
1964 – Nancy Edwards
1967 – Brenda Cheek
1970 – Marilyn Jane Bray
1973 – Diana Elam
1976 – Denise Arlene Maulsby
1979 – Lori Bailey
1982 – Melanie Campbell
1985 – Pamela Jones
1988 – Tonya Wood
1991 – Reka Schloegl
1994 – Katherine Haddix
1997 – Lynette Kiser
2000 – Amy Tielking
2003 – Meredith Dolk
2006 – Kimberly Rhodes
2009 – Molly Shannon
2012 – Kayla Sullivan
2015 – Lauren Frank
2018 – Paige Wells
2021 – Hannah Oelschlager
1959 – Becky Sue Harris
1962 – Carole Adams
1965 – Linda Hensley
1968 – Judith Kay Smith **
1971 – Brenda Slack
1974 – Susan Blankenbaker
1977 – Sharon Blankenbaker
1980 – Angie Doty
1983 – Meri Lyn Buker
1986 – Karen Schircliff
1989 – Jennifer Deerberg
1992 – Nicole Gary
1995 – Heather Hopkins
1998 – Sarah Williams
2001 – Crystal DuBridge
2004 – Tara Presley
2007 – Brooke Brown
2010 – Jordan McHenry
2013 – Kayla Bruner
2016 – Maggie Glowinski
2019 – Rosalynn Kowall
2022 – Julia Wells
1960 – Sandy Norquist
1963 – Dee Anna Malaska
1966 – Janice Ellen Garrity
1969 – Diana Buchanan
1972 – Pamela Oldham
1975 – Elaine Brewer
1978 – Cynthia Netter
1981 – Ellen Elizabeth Turner **
1984 – Debbie Marks
1987 – Elizabeth Rees
1990 – Nicole Lee
1993 – Leslie Smith
1996 – Jennifer Moyer
1999 – Alicia Branch
2002 – Amanda Evans
2005 – Shayna Taylor
2008 – Lindsey Kendall
2011 – Melanie Gardner
2014 – Ashley Layman
2017 – Kaitlyn Kendall
2020 – Kelsey Kendall
2023 – Sara Zink
Sponsorship Thank You & Opportunities
We are currently seeking additional sponsorships and donations for the pageant to help us cover the costs of the scholarship, crowns, sashes, etc. If you are interested in supporting the pageant please email marioncountyfair@comcast.net.