The Morgan County Fair Pageant will be held Tuesday, July 9, at 7:00 p.m. in the Grandstand. We encourage all interested girls residing in Morgan County to enter. The 2024 Queen will be awarded a scholarship and additional prizes. Queen first runner up and Queen second runner up will receive scholarships. Prizes donated by area businesses will be awarded in all categories.
Visit our Facebook page @morgancountyfairpageant
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Natalie Evans 2023 Miss Morgan County 2024 Miss Illinois County Fair Queen
Hannah Beckmann 2023 Junior Miss Morgan County
Amelia Lowe 2023 Morgan County Princess
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photo credit El Crow Photography & Design |
We extend a big THANK YOU to our pageant supporters!
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2023 Royalty & Their Families A Hair Company Abigail's Flowers & Gifts Alan Nail Spa Alison + Co. Boutique All Occasions Flowers & Gifts Annie Armstrong - '21 Princess 1st Runner-Up Artistic Portraits by John Casey Barber Florist Bella Salon Bolt's Ice Cream Camille Brown - ‘17 Jr Miss Lillie Brown - '21 Jr Miss Browns Shoe Fit Abby Bruner - ‘99 Princess Chloe Buhlig - '18 Princess County Market Abby Tomhave Crow - '15 Queen Alyssa Jackson Cully - '09 Queen Teresa DeGroot Duncan & Hoots Jewelers ElCrow Photography and Design El Patron Restaurant Evandy's Boatel Ever After by Samantha Blimling Executive Transportation Farm Darlings Studio Photography First National Bank of Arenzville GIRLe Boutique Girls in White Satin Glik's Green Haven Gracie Richardson Holt - '17 Queen Llaina Groves - '95 Queen Home Girls Boutique Jack'd Nutrition Lori Jackson - '19/'20 Queen |
Jacksonville Country Club Jacksonville Journal Courier Jacksonville Speedway Staff Brooklynn Johnson - ‘98 Princess Jessica Shumaker Kessinger - '05 Princess Brianna Klein - ‘14 Queen Jennifer Desylas Kunzeman - '02 Queen LB Beauty - Lindsey Birdsell Legacy Dance Complex Little Mexico Restaurant Llaina's Dance & Gym Lomelino Sign Company Los Rancheros Restaurant Robyn Maher Photography Calla Kaufmann Merriman - ‘11 Queen Modern Groove Boutique Monqui Suds Morgan County Fair Board Jade Nickel - '21 Princess On The Clip Side Marcy Patterson - Morgan Co. Coroner Sydne Peck - ‘13 Queen Richardson Farms Tamra Robinson - Fair Secretary Sara's Studio of Dance Melissa Freeman Saxer - ‘99 Queen Betsy Harmon Sharp - ‘04 Queen Morgan Spaulding - ‘03 Princess Steak 'n Shake Lauren Martin Tomhave - '12 Queen Sherie Kording Trace - '06 Queen U of I Morgan Co. Extension Office Ashley Suttles Wall - '07 Queen Aleah Walls - ‘19/'20 Princess Julianne Wilson - '21 Queen Taylor Zoerner - ‘16 Queen |
- Contestants must be a U.S. citizen and resident of Morgan County.
- Contestants must be 5 years old by July 9, 2024, and not 7 by the same date.
- Only 15 applicants will be accepted; entry deadline is limited to the first 15 applicants.
- Contestants will be judged on beauty, personality and charm and will be interviewed by judges prior to the pageant.
- $50 entry fee required for each contestant, sent with entry information by mail only. Entries by any other method will not be accepted.
- Contestants must be a U.S. citizen and resident of Morgan County.
- Contestants must be 12 years old by July 9, 2024, and not 14 years old by the same date.
- Only the first 15 applicants will be accepted; entry deadline is limited to the first 15 applicants.
- Contestants will be judged on beauty, personality, charm, stage presence and communication and will be interviewed by judges prior to the pageant.
- $50 entry fee required for each contestant, sent with entry information by mail only. Entries by any other method will not be accepted.
- Contestants must be a U.S. citizen and Morgan Co. resident at least 6 months prior to the pageant.
- Contestants must be single, never married, and have no children.
- Contestants must be a minimum of 17 years old by July 9, 2024, and not 22 years old by January 1, 2025.
- Only the first 15 applicants will be accepted; entry deadline is limited to the first 15 applicants.
- Contestants cannot have previously been a county fair queen in Illinois.
- Contestants will be judged on beauty, physique, stage presence and speech communication and will be interviewed by judges prior to the pageant.
- $50 entry fee is required for each contestant, sent with entry information by mail only.
- 2024 Miss Morgan County is automatically entered in the Miss Illinois County Fair Queen pageant to be held in Springfield in January 2025.
The following appearances are mandatory for the 2024 Royalty. Carefully consider contestant’s ability to commit to these appearances before entering the pageant.
- 2024 Morgan County Fair: July 9 – 14
- Local county fairs/parades held after the 2024 Morgan County Fair
- Local parades including Illinois College homecoming and Jacksonville Fourth of July. Participation in other local parades not specifically listed herein is at the discretion of the royalty
- County Fair Day at Illinois State Fair – Thursday, August 8, 2024
- IAAF Zone Meeting – November 2, 2024
- IAAF State Pageant – January 16 - 19, 2025
- All pageant preparation activities for the 2025 Morgan County Fair Pageant.
Applications are available on the Pageant’s Facebook page, On the Clip Side, The Sunroom and the Morgan Co. Extension Office. For more information and complete rules and guidelines, contact a Pageant Representative at 217.370.9177. Completed applications with the $50 entry fee can be mailed to: Morgan County Fair Pageant; 1626 Old Highway 67, Jacksonville, IL 62650.