Pageant contestants wanted
The Lake County Fair is coming up, and with it the Miss Lake County Fair Queen Pageant. Applications are currently being accepted for all three divisions: Little Miss, Junior Miss and Miss Lake County Fair Queen.
The first 100 eligible applicants in the "Miss" category, for ages 16 to 21, will compete alongside the Lake County Community queens that have already won their titles in the same age group. The same applies to the first 50 applications received in the "Junior Miss" category, for ages 11 to 13, and the "Little Miss" category, for ages 6 to 8.
Competitions for Little Miss, Junior Miss, and Miss Lake County Fair Queen will be held during fair week, July 22 to 27, at the current Lake County Fairgrounds, located at the corner of Routes 120 and 45 in Grayslake.
The winner of each category will receive a prize package and be required to appear during the 2008 Lake County Fair events. The Miss Lake County Fair Queen will also have an all-expenses-paid trip to Springfield to represent Lake County at the Miss Illinois County Fair Queen pageant in January. The prize package for the "Miss" category winner also includes a $2,000 scholarship award from the Lake County Fair Association. The "Junior Miss" category winner will receive $500 in cash, and the "Little Miss" category winner will receive $350 in cash.
The Lake County Fair Queen Pageant requires that all participants are single, never married women and girls, who are free of any criminal convictions and legal United States citizens residing in Lake County. Further rules, requirements and applications can be found online at www.LCFair.net under the "Queen Pageant" tab, and applications can also be picked up at the Lake County Fair offices during normal business hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Completed applications must include a head shot and a $25 check made out to the "Lake County Fair" for the preliminary entrance fee. All applications must be submitted by 8 p.m. June 24.
For more information on the Queen Pageant and other activities at this year's Lake County Fair, call (847) 223-2204 or visit www.LCFair.net.