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HI, MY NAME IS TAYLOR STATON AND I'M FROM WEST POTTAWATTAMIE
COUNTY REPRESENTING WEST FAIR. I AM SO HAPPY TO MEET SUCH
AMAZING LADIES FROM ACROSS THE STATE.
IT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT NOT EVERYONE CAN SAY THAT YOU KNOW
SOMEONE FROM EVERY COUNTY IN THE STATE OF IOWA.
MY NAME IS KRISTA HEWLETT. I'M REPRESENTING LUCAS COUNTY.
I HAVE MET A TON OF GIRLS, AS YOU CAN SEE BACK HERE.
I'M KAITY WILLIAMS AND I'M REPRESENTING PAGE COUNTY.
WE HAVE THE WIDEST VARIETY OF GIRLS.
WE HAVE COUNTRY GIRLS. WE HAVE CITY GIRLS.
WE HAVE GIRLY GIRLS, TOM BOYS. WE HAVE EVERYBODY.
MY NAME IS ALY JAMES. I'M FROM POWESHIEK COUNTY.
AND JUST BEING INVOLVED IN THE QUEEN CONTEST HAS BEEN A LOT OF
FUN, JUST MEETING ALL THE DIFFERENT GIRLS AND GETTING JUST
TO KNOW, LIKE, WHAT THEIR COUNTY FAIRS ARE LIKE.
I'M TIRZAH POPPINGA. I'M FROM LYON COUNTY.
AN INTERESTING FACT ABOUT MY COUNTY IS THAT TODAY AMERICAN
IDOL CAME TO ROCK RAPIDS TO HOLD AUDITIONS FOR THE NEXT AMERICAN
IDOL. IM LIESEL SCHWARTZKOPF AND I
REPRESENT PALO ALTO COUNTY. IN WEST BEND WE HAVE THE GRATO
OF THE REDEMPTION RIGHT IN TOWN. IT'S THE ANNIVERSARY YEAR OF THE
GRATO FOR A HUNDRED YEARS. MY NAME IS CLARA GODDARD, AND
I'M FROM MUSCATINE COUNTY. I'M VERY ACTIVE IN MY FFA
CHAPTER AND I ENJOY SHOWING LIVESTOCK.
HI, MY NAME IS SARAH OLSON. I'M REPRESENTING SHELBY COUNTY
FAIR. I'M INVOLVED WITH THE APPLE PIE
MORNING, THE CHERRY PIE CONTEST, AS WELL AS WORKING THE EXHIBITS
AND PRETTY MUCH ANY OTHER TIME I'M NEEDED OR HELPING HAND.
I ALWAYS LEND A HAND. MY NAME IS LEXI MAREK AND I'M
THE WASHINGTON COUNTY FAIR QUEEN.
TO COME TO THIS COMPETITION -- TO COME TO THE STATE FAIR, WE
HAD TO HAVE OUR OUTFITS ALL PICKED OUT AND PLANNED.
FOR MY COUNTY CONTEST, I PRACTICED QUESTIONS AND ON-STAGE
ANSWERS. AND IT'S JUST BEEN REALLY FUN,
THIS WHOLE EXPERIENCE. I'VE REALLY ENJOYED IT.
MY NAME IS LOGAN KINYON. I AM FROM UNION COUNTY, AND I'VE
PREPARED BY LOOKING AT WORLD EVENTS, CURRENT EVENTS THAT ARE
HAPPENING, THINGS LIKE THAT. MY NAME IS MELISSA BISBEE.
I'M REPRESENTING THE MITCHELL COUNTY FAIR.
WHAT I HAD TO DO TO PREPARE HERE, I DIDN'T ACTUALLY HAVE
MUCH TIME. I WAS CROWNED LAST WEEK, SO I
BASICALLY PACKED MY STUFF AND CAME DOWN TO DES MOINES.
MY NAME IS BROOKE JACOBSMA, AND I'M REPRESENTING SIOUX COUNTY.
I HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE. I DO SHOW ANIMALS.
I SHOW HORSES AS AN FFA EXHIBITOR.
HELLO, MY NAME IS MEGAN DOUBLEDAY.
I AM REPRESENTING RINGGOLD COUNTY.
THROUGHOUT MY FAIR, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE BILL RILEY
TALENT SHOW, WHICH I ENJOY WATCHING HERE AT THE IOWA STATE
FAIR. MY NAME IS MEGAN ADAMS, AND I'M
FROM MAHASKA COUNTY. I REALLY LIKE HOW THERE ARE SO
MANY THINGS FOR SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE AT THE IOWA
STATE FAIR. I'VE BEEN CAMPING HERE SINCE I
WAS A BABY. HI, MY NAME IS RACHEL SORENSEN.
I'M FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY. WE GO TO WORKSHOPS IN THE
MORNING AND WE GO TO INTERVIEWS AND WE DO LOTS OF FUN STUFF.
WE COME TO THE FAIR AT NIGHT. THEY ALWAYS KEEP IT FUN.
THEY HAVE SCAVENGER HUNTS FOR US.
WE DID A SCAVENGER HUNT LAST NIGHT.
WE HAD TO WORK AS A TEAM TO GO ALL AROUND THE FAIR.
I WAS ACTUALLY ON A TEAM WITH ME AND MY COUSIN, WHICH IS MONROE
COUNTY. WE FOUND ALL BUT LIKE FOUR
THINGS. I'M BRENNA OBERBRECKLING AND I'M
FROM THE TOWN OF WYOMING. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN
HERE. IT'S REALLY BIG.
IT'S A LITTLE SCARY BUT I REALLY LIKE IT.
KALLI WEBER FROM WOODBURY COUNTY.
WELL, MY FIRST IMPRESSION ACTUALLY HAPPENED 18 YEARS AGO.
I'VE BEEN COMING EVERY YEAR, SO I'VE GOTTEN TO SEE IT MANY
TIMES, BUT I LOVE IT EVERY TIME. THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW TO
SEE. I'M ANGELA BENJEGERDES FROM
WORTH COUNTY. IT'S BEEN GREAT.
WE GOT TO BE HERE ON OPENING DAY FOR THE CUTTING OF THE RIBBON.
AND JUST EXPLORING AND WALKING AROUND WITH ALL THE OTHER QUEENS
HAS BEEN A BLAST. MY NAME IS SARAH WELLS.
I'M FROM VAN BUREN COUNTY. IT'S FUN.
WE GET A LOT OF ATTENTION, IT SEEMS LIKE.
MY NAME IS CAMRYN CHRISTIAN. I AM FROM WAYNE COUNTY.
AND LAST NIGHT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING.
WE GOT ESCORTED TO OUR BUSES LIKE POLICE SURROUNDING US AND
EVERYTHING. IT WAS PRETTY COOL!
MY NAME IS ANNABELLE BANKS. I'M REPRESENTING PLYMOUTH
COUNTY. AND I LIKE THE LIVESTOCK AND THE
FOOD. WE SHOW BEEF.
MY FAMILY SHOWS BEEF. MY NAME IS ELISE GANGESTAD AND
I'M FROM WRIGHT COUNTY. THE FAIRILICIOUS FAIR -- SO
THERE'S LOTS OF INTERESTING FOODS TO TRY.
MY NAME IS EMMA SOUGSTAD. I'M REPRESENTING WINNEBAGO
COUNTY. AND FOR THE FOODS, I THINK
EVERYTHING HERE IS AMAZING. YOU CAN TRY SOMETHING NEW EVERY
DAY. I WOULD HIGHLY SUGGEST THE
BUCKET OF COOKIES. I'M SHARING IT WITH SOME AMAZING
FRIENDS. MY NAME IS ALECIA MARTINEZ.
I'M THE OSCEOLA COUNTY FAIR QUEEN.
YOU CAN GET JUST ABOUT ANYTHING ON A STICK.
LAST NIGHT I HAD BACON DIPPED IN CHOCOLATE ON A STICK.
YEAH, IT WAS DELICIOUS. MY NAME IS MICHELLE PULLEN AND I
AM REPRESENTING MILLS COUNTY. I THINK IT'S GREAT HOW SO MANY
PEOPLE CAN COME DOWN AND ACTUALLY SEE THIS FAIR AND THEN
SEE ALL THE EXHIBITS, WHAT ACTUALLY MAKES THE FAIR A FAIR,
YOU KNOW, NOT JUST ALL THE COMMERCIAL FOOD AND STUFF, BUT
ACTUALLY THE ANIMALS AND THE EXHIBITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
HI, MY NAME IS ANNA WASHINGTON. I'M FROM POLK COUNTY.
I THINK THE IOWA STATE FAIR, THE BEST THING ABOUT IT, IS ALL THE
PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER FROM IOWA.
MY NAME IS KATE DEAKINS AND I'M REPRESENTING THE STORY COUNTY
FAIR. EVERYONE IS GETTING READY
HELPING EACH OTHER IN THEIR DRESSES, GETTING PREPARED,
GETTING THE NERVES SHAKEN OFF. HELLO, MY NAME IS LAURA FRANCOIS
AND I'M PROUDLY REPRESENTING WINNESHIEK COUNTY.
I MADE MY PROM DRESS THAT I'M WEARING RIGHT NOW FOR MY JUNIOR
PROM, AND IT WAS ALSO A 4-H PROJECT.
I'M ALEXA ALBERT. I'M REREPRESENTING O'BRIEN
COUNTY. FOR ME IT'S KIND OF NERVE
RACKING TO WALK ON STAGE, ESPECIALLY IN MY HEELS.
MY NAME IS MARIE SCOTT AND I'M FROM SAC COUNTY.
IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE. EVEN IF, YOU KNOW -- IF MY NAME
ISN'T CALLED, IT'S STILL BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND IT'S A VERY
EXCITING NIGHT. ยง
NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, THE TIME HAS COME.
YOUR 2012 IOWA STATE FAIR QUEEN HAILS FROM THE COUNTY OF
BREMER. ABRA MEYER!
ABRA MEYER, LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, YOUR 2012 IOWA SATE
FAIR QUEEN.