Miss Pulaski County Crowned Miss Indiana State Fair

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Alyssa Garnett was crowed Miss Indiana State Fair on Sunday.
Miss Pulaski County Alyssa Garnett was crowed Miss Indiana State Fair on Sunday.

Local royalty reigns over the Indiana State Fair. Miss Pulaski County Alyssa Garnett, 19, was crowned Miss Indiana State Fair during yesterday’s pageant. She was chosen from among 87 contestants to represent the fair in 2014.

“I never envisioned this happening. I’m so grateful,” Garnett said. “When I looked to the girls beside and behind me, they have so many accomplishments, and then they called my name and I just couldn’t believe it.”

Garnett is a sophomore at Purdue, where she is majoring in business management.

She’s the 56th young lady to be crowned queen at the state fair, and the third to represent Pulaski County. Previous queens were Amber Connolly Rodibaugh, reigned in 1996, and Bailey Hoover won the crown in 2006.

Stacy Gudas from Pulaski County was third runner-up in the 2012 State Fair Queen pageant. Sarah Miller finished as second runner-up and Miss Congeniality in the 2008 competition.

 

 

Pulaski County 4-H Fair Queen Earns Third Runner-up in State Fair

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Stacy Gudas

Pulaski County’s 4-H Fair Queen, Stacy Gudas, was the 3rd runner up in the State Fair Queen Pageant held over the weekend. Erika Elaine Burghardt of Tippecanoe County topped 87 other contestants to earn the title of Miss Indiana State Fair. The event was held in the Pepsi Coliseum. Burghardt, a Mulberry native, is the third Tippecanoe County Queen to win the State Fair title and the first since 1996.

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Pulaski County 4-H Parade held in Winamac

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Veronia Leman and Erica Putt

Under almost ideal conditions, the 2011 Pualski County 4-H Fair Parade was held last night in Winamac.

“The most exciting thing in 4-H is not the projects or winning a trophy, it’s meeting other people and stepping out and showing other people what you can do and what your talents are,” said 4-H Achievement Royalty winner, Erica Putt.

“I’m in Junior Leaders and we take a lot of trips and meet a lot of people and I’m also a Camp Counselor so I can be a model for younger children,” said Veronica Leman, also a part of this year’s 4-H Royalty. “I also won Showman last year which is also a very big accomplishment.” Continue reading →