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Meehan Fullington
ADADC Communications
SYRACUSE, N. Y. Andrea
Smith, Balston Spa, New York,
was crowned the 2003-2004 New
York State Dairy Princess on
February 18, at the Hotel Syra
cuse the site of the first NYS
Dairy Princess Pageant 40 years
ago.
Having served as the Saratoga
County Dairy Princess since
spring of 2002, Andrea will de
vote an additional year promot
ing milk and dairy products with
the American Dairy Association
and Dairy Council, Inc.
(ADADC).
As state princess, Smith re
ceived a $1,200 scholarship and
will represent ADADC at county
dairy princess pageants, farm
meetings and a variety of special
events. In addition, she will help
train new county promoters at
seminars and workshops. Spon
sored by ADADC, the 40th annu
al coronation completed the year
long reign of Jordanna Dodge,
former Herkimer County Dairy
Princess.
Kristen Chambers, Winthrop,
New York (St. Lawrence County)
was named first Alternate State
Princess, and Jessica Hula, Jor
danville, New York (Herkimer
County) was selected as second
Alternate State Princess. They re
ceive a $7OO scholarship and
$6OO scholarship, respectively.
Both young women will assist the
State Dairy Princess with train
ing, appearances and other du
ties.
Promotion of dairy products is
the major focus of the dairy prin
cesses throught their reign as
county princess. They are asked
to meet specific requirements in
order to compete for the crown.
One of the ways ADADC awards
them for their efforts is with the
Public Relations Award. The
girls are all given the opportunity
to enter the selection of this
award. They are asked to fill out
an application on what they feel
was their most visual public rela
tions event. This is an award that
is judged by ADADC and is
given to the top three entries. The
winners of this were: First Place
receiving $2OO - Montgomery
County - Nicole Swartz. Second
Place receiving $l5O - St. Law-
New York Dairy Princess Andrea Smith, left, receives
congratulations from Second Alternate Jessica Hula.
New York State Dairy
State Dairy Princess Andi
rence County - Kristen Cham
bers. Third Place receiving $lOO -
Herkimer County - Jessica Hula.
Thirty county dairy princesses
competed in the state pageant.
Judging included a personal in
terview, an impromptu and pre
pared adult speech, a product
knowledge exam, writing skills
test, and informal interaction
with others. Judges evaluated the
contestants on thfelr communica
tion skills, knowledge of the dairy
industry, poise and personality.
The top three speech finalists
were asked to present their
speech at the pageant. They were
awarded a $lOO check from
Crowley Foods LLC. Winners
were Herkimer County - Jessica
Hula; Rensselaer County - Janet
Buonanno; Chenango County -
Maggie Newbold.
Top three awards were also
given to the highest scores in the
written communications and
product knowledge exams. Prod
uct knowledge winners were
awarded a $lOO check from NYS
Dairy Foods Association and
written communications from
Country Folks. Product knowl
edge winners included first place
- Cattaraugus County - Heather
Royalty, from left, First Alternate Kristen Chambers, New York
Irea Smith, and Second Alternate Jessica Hula.
Poch; second place > - Broome
County - Kelly Campbell; and
third place - Wayne County -
Jessica Boise.
Written communications first
place winner was Herkimer
County - Jessica Hula; second
place - Cattaraugus County -
Heather Poch; and third place -
Madison County - Martina Dur
fee.
After the tests were taken, the
judges selected seven girls as the
semi-finalists before crowning
their top three. The semi-finalists
were Allegany County - Sara
Hinz; Herkimer County - Jessica
Hula; Niagara-Orleans County -
Alyssa Ranney; Onondaga Coun
ty - Brynn Gillen-Dennis; Sarato
ga County - Andrea Smith; St.
Lawrence County - Kristen
Chambers; and Wayne County -
Jessica Boise.
The seven finalists were then
asked an impromptu question,
“What do you feel is your biggest
accomplishment thus far in your
life?” Each girl was given the op
portunity to answer the question.
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from left, Teresa Davis, Berks County; Andrea Semmel, Lehigh County; and Lisa
Semmel, Lebanon County
The Miss Congeniality title,
which is awarded to a county
dairy princess who shows excite
ment, enthusiasm, and an out
going personality is awarded by
the dairy princess participants at
the pageant. The 2003 Miss Con
geniality was Jessica Jackson
from Lewis County. She received
a $lOO check from Ron Trinca
Photography.
Overall judges were Deidra
Harkenrider, sales associate for
Momentum-Media Sports Pub
lishing, Ffeeville, NY; John Full
ington, regional manager for
ABS Global, Dundee, NY; and
Lorrell Kenney, director of public
relations for the New York Beef
Industry Council, Chittenango,
NY.
The pageant is also used as an
opportunity to recognize those
who have supported dairy
promotion within their counties
and who have gone above and be
yond the call of duty where dairy
promotion is concerned. The
Golden Cow award is awarded
each year to recognize outstand
ing service and dedication to
local dairy promotion in New
York State. Recipients were nom
inated by their counties and later
selected by ADADC. The 2003
recipients of this award were
Tom Parnell of Herkimer County
and Sally Rushy of Chemung
County.
Presented annually, the
Promoter of The Year award rec
ognizes a county that has done
an outstanding job promoting
milk and dairy products. The
award is presented in memory of
Robert S. Turner, a former
ADADC chief executive officer
and dairy farmer who was a
strong supporter of the dairy
princess program. The $5OO
scholarship is provided by the
Turner Family and ADADC.
Janet Bittner of Niagara-Orleans
and her court achieved promo
tions with a dollar value totaling
$5,167, throughout the year the
county attended 501 school pro
grams, 11 farm meetings, and
wrote 88 newspaper articles for a
total of 600 promotions.
ADADC is an advertising and
promotion agency representing
farmers in New York, Northern
New Jersey and Northeastern
Pennsylvania.
2002-2003 New York
State Dairy Princess Jor
danna Dodge.