Empowering Young Women
QUEEN & PRINCESS PAGEANT
Marion County Fair Queen & Princess Pageant
Current Queen Court
![IMG_9883](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_9883.jpg)
Current Queen
Sara Zink
![Screen Shot 2024-05-03 at 11.01.46 AM](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Screen-Shot-2024-05-03-at-11.01.46-AM.png)
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
![IMG_9884](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_9884.jpg)
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.
![Screen Shot 2024-05-03 at 11.01.37 AM](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Screen-Shot-2024-05-03-at-11.01.37-AM.png)
General Rules & Requirements
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
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.
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
All participants must be a Marion County resident or have at least one parent who resides in Marion County.
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
All forms must be completed and sumbitted by the deadline listed on the entry form.
Pageant Court
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
Queen
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
Queen First Runner-Up
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
Queen Second Runner-Up
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
Princess
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
Princess First Runner-Up
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
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.
![Screen Shot 2024-05-03 at 11.01.28 AM](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Screen-Shot-2024-05-03-at-11.01.28-AM.png)
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
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1958 – Janice Cook
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1961 – Susan Bristow **
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1964 – Nancy Edwards
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1967 – Brenda Cheek
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1970 – Marilyn Jane Bray
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1973 – Diana Elam
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1976 – Denise Arlene Maulsby
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1979 – Lori Bailey
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1982 – Melanie Campbell
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1985 – Pamela Jones
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1988 – Tonya Wood
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1991 – Reka Schloegl
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1994 – Katherine Haddix
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1997 – Lynette Kiser
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
2000 – Amy Tielking
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
2003 – Meredith Dolk
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
2006 – Kimberly Rhodes
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
2009 – Molly Shannon
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
2012 – Kayla Sullivan
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
2015 – Lauren Frank
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
2018 – Paige Wells
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
2021 – Hannah Oelschlager
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1959 – Becky Sue Harris
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1962 – Carole Adams
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1965 – Linda Hensley
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1968 – Judith Kay Smith **
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1971 – Brenda Slack
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1974 – Susan Blankenbaker
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1977 – Sharon Blankenbaker
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1980 – Angie Doty
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1983 – Meri Lyn Buker
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1986 – Karen Schircliff
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1989 – Jennifer Deerberg
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1992 – Nicole Gary
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1995 – Heather Hopkins
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1998 – Sarah Williams
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
2001 – Crystal DuBridge
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
2004 – Tara Presley
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
2007 – Brooke Brown
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
2010 – Jordan McHenry
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
2013 – Kayla Bruner
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
2016 – Maggie Glowinski
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
2019 – Rosalynn Kowall
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
2022 – Julia Wells
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1960 – Sandy Norquist
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1963 – Dee Anna Malaska
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1966 – Janice Ellen Garrity
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1969 – Diana Buchanan
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1972 – Pamela Oldham
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1975 – Elaine Brewer
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1978 – Cynthia Netter
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1981 – Ellen Elizabeth Turner **
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1984 – Debbie Marks
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1987 – Elizabeth Rees
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1990 – Nicole Lee
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1993 – Leslie Smith
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1996 – Jennifer Moyer
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
1999 – Alicia Branch
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
2002 – Amanda Evans
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
2005 – Shayna Taylor
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
2008 – Lindsey Kendall
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
2011 – Melanie Gardner
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
2014 – Ashley Layman
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
2017 – Kaitlyn Kendall
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
2020 – Kelsey Kendall
![](https://marioncountyfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/diadem-1.png)
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.