CAYUGA, Ind. — Kelly Yoho is looking forward to the Vermillion County Fair in a different way this year.
Yoho, 19, was chosen Saturday night as the 2009 fair queen from among eight contestants.
“I was shocked,” Yoho said minutes after the crowning. “I had no idea.”
But she was one of the crowd favorites in the North Vermillion High School auditorium, garnering large applauses each time she was introduced.
“I am looking forward to all of the fair activities,” said Yoho, who is completing her 10th year in 4-H. She is a member of the Super Shamrocks 4-H Club.
A 2008 graduate of North Vermillion High School, she is a sophomore at Indiana State University, where she is majoring in special education.
In high school was active in business Professionals of America, Students Against Destructive Decisions, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Local Coordinating Council for Drug Prevention. She participated in basketball, volleyball, track and cross country.
She attends the Cayuga Christian Church.
The daughter of John and Barb Yoho of Cayuga, she will represent Vermillion County in the Indiana State Fair pageant in August.
Other winners were:
-- First runner-up — Taylor Poynter of Cayuga.
-- Second runner-up — Sylvia Crowder of Cayuga.
-- Miss Congeniality — Olivia Musall of Hillsdale.
-- Professional wear award — Musall.
-- Miss Photogenic — Yoho.
Pageant director Rhonda Hines, a former fair queen, praised all the girls.
“It takes a lot of dedication to come here, and I applaud you,” she told the candidates. “Every one of you are queens in my heart; I thank you all for participating.
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The Vermillion County Fair is June 19-26 at the fairgrounds at Cayuga Park.
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