County Princesses Gather For Pennsylvania Dairy Princess Pageant
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) Pennsylvania Dairy Prin
cess and Promotion Services, Inc.
plans its 46th Annual Dairy Prin
cess Pageant to be conducted Sat
urday evening, September 21, at
the Radisson Penn Harris Hotel
and Convention Center. A milk
punch reception will start at 5:30
p.m. followed by a banquet at
6:30 p.m. and the coronation at
8:00 p.m.
Thirty-six county dairy prin
cesses will compete for the title of
Pennsylvania Dairy Princess now
held by Becky Mowrer of Hunt
ingdon County. The newly select
ed princess and two alternates
will reign for a period of one year
from September 2002 to Septem
ber 2003. During that time, they
will represent the dairy farmers
of Pennsylvania speaking out for
its number one agricultural in
dustry and ail dairy products.
The pageant, which will be
held on the Saturday evening
preceding the annual All-Ameri
can Dairy Week, will end two full
days of activities and interviews
for the contestants. The contest
ants are judged on a personnel
interview, a 3-5 minute speech
for an adult audience, a 3-5 min
utes school presentation and a
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scrapbook. Four judges, two men
and two women, all from out-of
state, will select seven finalists
who will answer an impromptu
question on stage. The judges will
then select the 2002 Pennsylvania
Dairy Princess and two Alter
nates from the finalists.
The Pennsylvania Dairy Prin
cess program is supported by
Pennsylvania dairy farmers
through their various advertising
and promotion agencies: The
Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion
Program/American Dairy Associ
ation Mid East, Mid-Atlantic
Dairy Association, American
Dairy Association Dairy Council,
Inc. and Allied Milk Producers.
In addition contributions from
the Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture and other dairy relat
ed organizations and individuals.
This year. Select Sire Power, Inc.
is sponsoring the $1,200 award to
the Pennsylvania Dairy Princess.
Awards of $6OO each will be
given to the two alternates.
In addition, two contestants
will receive $lOO awards for out
standing dairy presentations de
signed for school children and,
two contestants will receive $lOO
each for the two best speeches de
signed for adult audiences. There
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Front row, from left, are Elizabeth (Betsy) Young, Chester; Sara Derstine, Tioga; Ra
chel Ebert, Westmoreland; Haley Blackburn, Clearfield; Becky Detwiler, Huntindgon;
Sara Lynn Jennings, Pa. Alternate; Becky Mowrer, Pa. Princess; Amy Moyer, Pa. Alter
nate; Melissa Wolfe, SUN Area; Amanda Gates, Centre: Raechel Kilgore, York; Ashley
McGary, Lawrence; and Amber Kalwasinski, Cambria. Center row, from left, are Becky
Zimmerman, Juniata; Courtney Johnson, Franklin; Jessica Steppe, Lycoming; Elizabeth
Reibson, Sullivan; Rebecca Place, Susquehanna; Paula Deeter, Clarion-Venango; Jenni
fer Kramer, Cumberland; Anna Johnson, Bradford; Kelley Marzka, Crawford; Amanda
Hill, Warren; Kellie Phillips, Berks; Maggie Moore, Mercer; and Jessica Landis, Somer
set. Back row, from left, are Ashley Chapman, Erie; Cala Adamson, Indiana; Rebecca
Filson, Mifflin, Lynn Daniels, Wayne; Kari Martin, Lancaster; Laura Blauch, Lebanon;
Becki Carr, Wyoming-Lackawanna; Shana Gallagher, Beaver; Amanda Clowney, Adams;
Holly Moyer, Schuylkill; Cristin Crile, Washington; Sarah Dell, Blair; and Jamie Love,
Butler.
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will also be two $lOO awards
for compiling the best scrap
books, which chronicle their
Dairy Princess activities to
date. The scrapbook award is
being sponsored by ABS
Global. The contestants
themselves will select the
coveted “Miss Congeniality”
award from among their own
ranks.
For more than 45 years,
the primary purpose of the
Dairy Princess program in
Pennsylvania is the promo
tion of the dairy industry
and its products on the local
grass roots level and further
ing consumers understand-
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ture to our state’s economy.
Incentive awards will again be
given to the counties whose last
year’s princess and her commit
tee completed the incentive re
quirements.
In addition, an individual
award of $3OO will be given to the
young woman who stood out as
the outstanding dairy promoter
during her county reign. This
award, entitled the “Tina Shultz
Memorial Award” is given in
memory and honor of the out
standing young lady, who in May
1986 succumbed to cancer, dur
ing her reign as Huntingdon
County Dairy Princess.
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The Saturday morning presen
tation competition will be open to
the public free of charge. It will
run from 8 a.m. until noon in the
Radisson Ballroom. Tickets for
the event are $3O per person
(over 11 years old) and $l5 per
person (3-10 years old); under 2
years old are free.
Tickets are available by con
tacting the Pennsylvania Dairy
Princess and Promotion Services,
Inc. office, 23515 Range Road,
Union City, PA 16438. (814)
694-2661 pr FAX (814) 694-3941.
All tickets must be paid in ad
vance and will be held for pick
up at the door. The deadline for
reservations is September 17.
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