Miss White County, 18-year-old Kelsi Kessler of Carmi, has been selected to reign over this year’s Illinois and DuQuoin State Fairs.
Kessler was crowned at the 61st Miss Illinois County Fair Queen Competition on Sunday in Springfield.
Although area entries in the competition were not among the finalists, they did return home with some awards. Vermilion County Fair Queen Cassidie Parker received the Best in Communication Skills award. Carson Robinson of Champaign County received the Best in Stage Presence award, and Brianne Miller of Iroquois County won the Best in Beauty and Physique competition.
The Georgetown Fair received the Miss Illinois County Fair Queen Pageant First Place Advertising Award.
The Illinois Association of Agricultural Fairs Talent Show First Place award in the Senior Division was earlier awarded to Anna Parmentor of Iroquois County for a piano solo.
[The photo is of the new 2020 Illinois State Fair Queen – Kelsi Kessler – and is courtesy of the Illinois Association of Agricultural Fairs.]
Kessler will be a summer employee of the Illinois Department of Agriculture. She will travel to about 30 county fairs with a main duty of emphasizing the importance of agriculture and county fairs.
