99th Fayette County Fair Wraps Its Four-Day Run

All award winners from Thursday’s Queen’s Scholarship Pageant at The Fayette County Fair: Front left to right: Luna Perez, Little Miss 1st runner up; Bowen Berger, Little Mister 1st runner up; Adley Jaster, Little Miss Fayette County, Little Miss Most Photogenic, Little Miss Biggest Personality; Dior Wilson-Clark, Little Mister Fayette County; Zaiden Johnson, Little Mister Most Photogenic; Zion Mills, Little Mister Biggest Personality; Back row left to right: Jessy Rose Braun, 1st runner up Jr Miss Fayette Co, Jr Miss Congeniality; Cloie Ahschlager, 2nd runner up Fayette Co Fair Queen; Bebe Pavlica, 2026 Fayette Co Fair Queen, Queen Most Photogenic, Queen Miss Congeniality; Brooklyn Beeman, 2026 Jr Miss Fayette Co, Jr Miss Photogenic; Arianna Vincent, 1st Fayette Co Fair Queen, Queen Top Carnival Pass Sells, Queen Miss Beauty and Poise. Photo by Grace-Anne Matocha 

The 99th Fayette County Fair came to a close Sunday as a concert by country music star Terri Clark put the finishing notes on this year’s fourday event in La Grange.

There was something for everyone with a wide-range of music, food, and exhibits filling the sprawling county fairgrounds, though some local observers and vendors did say attendance seemed down from previous years.

The fair began Thursday with the Fayette County Fair Pageant, crowning the 20262027 Fayette County Fair Court.

This year’s contestants collectively generated $95,650 in Season and Carnival Pass sales, helping support the Fayette County Fair and its youth, scholarship and community programs.

Bebe Pavlica was crowned the 2026 Fayette County Fair Queen, representing the Flatonia Lions Club. Pavlica sold $18,680 in Season Passes during the competition.

In addition to the title, Pavlica was named Most Photogenic Queen and Queen Miss Congeniality. She received a $2,800 scholarship in addition to other hardware.

Arianna Vincent was named First Runner-Up Queen. Representing the Kyla Faith Memorial, Vincent sold $17,040 in Season Passes and received a $2,300 scholarship.

Vincent was also named Miss Beauty and Poise – Queen and received the award for Most Carnival Pass Sales – Queen, selling $10,875 in Carnival Passes. She received a $500 scholarship for her carnival pass sales.

Cloie Ahschlager was named Second Runner-Up Queen, representing the Gardenia E. Janssen Animal Shelter. Ahschlager sold $11,000 in Season Passes and received a $1,800 scholarship.

Brooklyn Beeman of Flatonia was crowned 2026 Junior Miss Fayette County. Beeman represented the Fair with an impressive $26,625 in Carnival Pass sales. She was also named Most Photogenic Jr. Miss.

Jessy Rose Braun of La Grange was named First Runner- Up Jr. Miss and Jr. Miss Congeniality.

Adley Jaster of La Grange was crowned Little Miss Fayette County. Jaster also earned both the Most Photogenic Little Miss and Biggest Personality Little Miss awards.

Dior Wilson-Clark of Round Top-Carmine was crowned Little Mister Fayette County.

Luna Perez of La Grange was named First Runner-Up Little Miss, while Bowen Berger of La Grange was named First Runner-Up Little Mister.

Additional Little Miss and Little Mister honors included Most Photogenic Little Mister, awarded to Zaiden Johnson of La Grange, and Biggest Personality Little Mister, awarded to Zion Mills of La Grange.

The Fayette County Fair Association congratulates all of the winners and contestants of the 99th Annual Fayette County Fair Pageant and extends its appreciation to the families, sponsoring organizations, businesses, volunteers and community members who supported the contestants throughout the year.

The annual pageant provides local youth with opportunities to build confidence, leadership and public-speaking skills while representing Fayette County and supporting the Fair.

The newly crowned 20262027 Fayette County Fair Court will represent the Fayette County Fair at parades, community events and other activities throughout the coming year.

The fair continued Friday, headlined by Kings of Neon. The downtown parade Saturday drew thousands. Saturday’s headliner was Tyler Nance.

The Mutton Bustin’ drew big crowds to watch local kids try to ride sheep.

Then the fair wrapped up Sunday with Clark’s performance – with fair volunteers already hard at work planning for next year’s 100th edition of the fair.