First-Ever Fair Jr. Miss Contest Being Held This Year

The first Jr Miss Fayette County Fair Pageant will be held in conjunction with the Scholarship Queen and Little Miss & Mister contests on September 1. This contest is a stepping stone for our area teens that might be interested in running for Fair Queen in the future. They will be selling the Carnival Fun Passes which are passes to ride the new, exciting carnival unlimited from open till 11 pm all 4 days of the fair. The judging criteria for Jr Miss is 40% carnival ticket sales (max of 40 points), 20% pre-pageant interview (max of 20 points), 20% on stage question (max of 20 points) and 20% pageant presentation (max of 20 points) for a total of 100 points. The young ladies representing our communities include:

• Brinley Freedman, a sixth grader at La Grange ISD, daughter of Brett and Tamara Freedman

• Hailey Janish, a seventh grader at Fayetteville ISD, daughter of Courtney and Joe Janish

• Delilah K. Mangis, an eight grader at Round Top Carmine ISD, daughter of Tierney Gillespie

• Nicole Vahalik, an eight grader at Schulenburg ISD, daughter of LaTaasha Vahalik & Joe Collins