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Ms. Kentucky County Fair

The Ms. Kentucky County Fair Pageant began in 2025 as a way to bring all our local winners to a state competition, furthering their chance for prize money and representation of our local fairs. Each January, young women from across the state gather for the title.

To compete on the state level, contestants must be 22 years of age on October 31 of the year when the local pageant is held at a local fair. The contestant must be a natural born female, single, divorced, or widowed and can have children. A complete set of rules can be found on this site.

Local winners must meet the state guidelines established by KAFHS and may also need to meet other criteria established by the local fair.

Contestants winning on the local level must complete a state application which is submitted to KAFHS along with a scanned and emailed birth certificate. The application is due to be filed with KAFHS 30 days following the local fair (and, under no circumstances, regardless of the local pageant date) no later than December 1.

Friends and family of the contestant are encouraged to attend the state pageant. Tickets for the pageant may be purchased on our website.

Contestants are advised to check with their local fair to see if a hotel room is included in their prize or if they need to make their own rooming arrangements for the pageant.

General questions about the pageant (paperwork, tickets, etc.) can be directed to our office at 270-590-0885 or info@kafs.net. Specific questions regarding wardrobe should be directed to Linda Thomas (Chairman) lmthomas60@comcast.net 270-735-6054 or Alison Patton Holland (Vice-Chair) alisonpatton70@gmail.com 270-779-5222.


Only those fairs who are recognized as a bona fide fair by the KY Dept. of Agriculture can participate in this program. All dues and fees related to the pageant must be paid no later than April 1 of the year the pageant is held. In addition, a fair must continue its membership and beauty pageant participation for the coming year in order for their contestant to compete at the state level.


Ms. Kentucky County Fair Rules

Q1. Contestants must meet the deadline requirements established by KAFHS. Candidates who fail to meet the deadline will not be allowed to compete in the state pageant.

Q2. An entry form for the pageant shall be available on the KAFHS website, to Association members prior to June 1. Completed entry forms should be submitted (electronically) to the Secretary within 30 days of the local pageant and must be received by December 1. No entries will be accepted after December 1. Contestants not meeting that deadline will not be allowed to compete in the state pageant.

Q3. The contestant must be a natural born female, single, divorced, or widowed, and can have children. A birth certificate is required.

Q4. Contestant must be 22 years of age on October 31, of the year when local pageant is held at the local fair.

Q5. Contestants may not compete in any other pageant system that would prohibit the fulfillment of responsibilities through the state during her reign as Ms. Kentucky County Fair.

Q6. Kentucky (KAFHS) its affiliates, volunteers are not to be held responsible in any way for disqualifications of winners and/or contestants. Grounds for disqualification can be BUT are not limited to untrue statements or registration forms, misconduct, obscene, foul language, unruly/unbecoming behavior that on social media and/or the internet such as porn and any other reasons the pageant committee may deem as necessary. The board will make all decisions and they will be final.

Q7. Cameras, cell phones, iPad, and other electronic devices are not allowed backstage. Use of these electronic devices can disqualify any contestant during the pageant and such devices will be confiscated for the remainder of the pageant.

Q8. Clothing for the pageant will be MODEST, meaning no cut outs in the attire, very MODEST cleavage showing in all attire (no low cut in tops that go to belly button), no slits will be allowed higher than mid-thigh, no see-through attire.

Q9. There will be a Ms. Kentucky County Fair State Pageant winner, along with 1 st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th runners-up chosen from the contestants. There will also be a Ms. Congeniality and People's Choice winner.

Q10. Each County Fair will send one contestant to compete in this category to compete in the State Pageant.

Q11. Each winner sent to the state competition must meet the eligibility requirements. A Ms. contestant must be at least 22 years old and either single, divorced or widowed. If a titleholder's marital status changes before October 31, they will no longer be eligible to compete at the state level, and the first runner-up will be required to assume the title and represent the county. No exceptions will be made.



General Rules Applicable to All Pageant Programs

G1. In order to participate in pageant programs, a Fair Member desiring to enter a contestant must be a member of the Kentucky Association of Fairs and Horse Shows (KAFHS) and have paid all dues and pageant fees prior to the local pageant being held and be eligible for state aid through the Kentucky Department of Agriculture.

G2. A local County fair may conduct its local pageant by any rules or method they deem suitable to their situation, so long as the contestant elected to enter the KAFHS pageants meets the requirements set forth in these rules by said Association (KAFHS).

G3. No photo or internet contests / pageants are permitted for entry into any KAFHS state pageant program.

G4. Each local pageant must designate at least 30 days prior to the conduct of their pageant whether they have an open or closed contestant pageant and the date of such.

G5. A contestant must be a winner or runner-up in the local pageant. (Runner-up only accepted should for some reason the winner becomes ineligible or unable to attend.) A contestant can only represent one local fair and must represent the first local fair that they win first place in during the calendar year. (Local fairs are urged to not accept contestants who have won at a member show during that calendar year.) In the event a pageant winner has not met the deadline to enter the state pageant, a runner-up will not be accepted.

G6. The local Fair Board or sponsor is not responsible financially for transportation, room, and reserved seating or responsible for making such arrangements. Association (KAFHS) is not responsible for these aforementioned arrangements as well.

G7. Each member association shall designate one person to receive all correspondence from the association. It shall be that person’s responsibility to see that all rules, forms and other information are delivered to the appropriate person(s).

G8. Anyone winning a KAFHS state title is not eligible to compete in that pageant thereafter.

G9. Local fairs cannot accept contestants with out of state residence.

G10. Winners of KAFHS pageants are expected to attend the other four KAFHS pageants in that year and crown their successor as a Kentucky County Fair winner.

G11. No committee member or immediate family member (mother, sister, daughter, or granddaughter) will be permitted to compete while remaining on a Kentucky County Fair State Pageant Committee.



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