To enter the pageant
We prefer you to click this link to register.  But, if you would rather, give us a call.

• Email or upload a head-shot to post on the website, Facebook, and our program.
  
• Entry fee of $50 (check only) with your paperwork (signed contestant agreement and information sheet) are due at first practice.
• Pay for your T-shirt ($15) to Kathy Carver via Venmo.  @LKathleen-Carver
• Deadline to register is July 13, 2023.

Practice Times

Practice is an important process of the pageant.  Only two practices are scheduled this year.  Please make plans to attend.

What to Wear to Practice
Dress to practice is casual; however, you may want to bring shoes you will wear in the pageant to practice.

Practice #1 – Thursday, July 20, 3-5 pm

• Entry Fees and paperwork are due before we start.  
• Order of appearance will be drawn. 
• Group picture taken. 
• Practice walking on stage and introducing oneself.  
• Miss Congeniality will be explained to contestants. 
• Parent/legal guardian question/answer session.

Sample Introduction:  “Sponsored by my parents, I am contestant number 7, Hannah Marie Montana.”

Practice #2 – Monday, July 24, 3-5 pm

• Professional portrait order forms will be made available. (Thanks Lauren Grant)
• Turns and announcement of winners will be explained. 
• If there is time at the end the contestant may practice her introduction and walk.

How the Queen will be Chosen

Judging takes place in three areas:

• 30 points for interview
• 30 points for casual wear
• 40 points for evening gown

Comparative judging will be held in groups determined by the number of girls in contest.

Arrival

Fairgrounds and Convention Center

Arrive no earlier than 30 minutes before interview.  Contestants will be allowed entry free of charge.  Enter through the Morton Avenue Gate.  Please park in normal fair parking outside the gate, not around the building or inside the gate areas.  The fair officials ask for you to not drive into the fairgrounds, not even for loading/unloading.

Interview time depends on contestant number and could begin as early as 3:00 pm on Friday, July 28, 2023.  Interviews are closed and will be held in the Midway Building. Holding will be in the dressing room until contestant number is called.  Interviews are 3 minutes in length in front of a panel of three judges.  Times will be announced during 2nd practice.

Contestant will wear berry heather colored shirt (provided, cost $15) for interview and opening.  

Due to lack of space and proper distancing in the dressing room, one person only will be allowed with the contestant.  Please arrive with outfit on and ready to go.

Only contestants and fair officials are allowed behind the stage in the Midway Building at any time.

Please have your contestant in the dressing room no later than 6:30 pm before pageant starts.

Stage Appearances –  Pageant (7:00 pm)

At 6:55 pm contestants will line up in numerical order at the back of the stage.

Casual Attire Portion
Contestants will show in t-shirt.  Introductions by the contestant and the biography page will be read by the announcer.

Evening Gown Portion
Please choose a long, age-appropriate evening gown.

Awards

Awards to be announced:

• • Miss Congeniality,
  • 2nd Runner Up,
  • 1st Runner Up, and
  • Winner.

The winner must be willing and able to represent Hopkins County at the 2022 Miss Pre-Teen Kentucky County State Fair Pageant.

The Kentucky County Fair State Preteen Pageant will be held Friday and Saturday, in October (dates TBA) at the Crowne Plaza in Louisville, Kentucky.  More information about the state pageant is available at www.kafs.net.

Photography 

Forms for photography will be available at practice.  Photographer will be LB Photography (Lauren Grant).  

ALL PLANS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DUE TO THE STATUS OF COVID-19 AND THE GUIDELINES OUTLINED BY THE STATE OF KENTUCKY REGARDING GATHERINGS.