Guadalupe County Fair Queen's Contestants
139th Annual Guadalupe County Fair & Rodeo
Fair Contestants for 2022-2023
Winner:
1st Runner-up:
Contestant #1:
Kaylee Miller
Grade: 11
School: Judson Early College Academy
Age: 16
Parent's Name: Jenny Duffek
Sponsor's Name: Scott Duffek
School Activities: She participates in UIL, Academic Decathlon, Environmental Club, and Student Council.
Hobbies & Interest: Kaylee enjoys cooking, power lifting, dancing, stop motion animations, piano, embroidery, and special effects make up.
Involvement & Participation in the Guadalupe County Fair:
Contestant #2:
Madison Niles
Grade: 12
School: Marion High School
Age: 17
Parent's Name: Lisa Niles
Sponsor's Name: Larry and Kathleen Beirle
School Activities: Madison is involved in FFA, Skills Team, Vet Science, Showing Goats, 4-H, LDE & CDE Teams, Volleyball, Track, NHS, Gold Presidents Award, and is a FFA Lone Star Degree Recipient.
Hobbies & Interest: She enjoys painting, organizing, volleyball, and working with animals.
Involvement & Participation in the Guadalupe County Fair: Has placed in art project show in 2016, has attended the County Fair since 2008, and helps work the booth for 4-H.
Contestant #3:
Morgan Canes
Grade: 11
School: Seguin High School
Age: 16
Parent's Name: Crystal and Cameron Bertling
Sponsor's Name: Seguin Nutrition- Nickie Marcell
School Activities: Morgan is the Seguin FFA Reporter 2022-2023, and has been multiple officers of the past ten years for the Kingsbury 4-H. Along with being an 4-H Ambassador for 2022-2023, Guadalupe County 4-H Council, and 4-H Leaders for Life. With this she participates in Floral Design, Z-Club Member, technical theater, volleyball and softball.
Hobbies & Interest: She enjoys spending time in the barn with her animals with her own breeding program. Along with hunting and fishing and competing in team events like livestock judging and 4-H leaders4life.
Involvement & Participation in the Guadalupe County Fair: She has done photography, baking and antiques, along with being in the parade for FFA and 4-H, and showing lambs over the years. Along with this she has set up and worked booths with her 4-H team, school tours, pet show with her FFA, and has participated in the Best Dressed Western when she was younger.
Contestant #4:
Harlie Bode
Grade: 9
School: Navarro High School
Age: 14
Parent's Name: Leah and Johnny Herbold, and Michael Bode
Sponsor's Name: RE/MAX GO of Seguin- Leah Herbold REALTOR
School Activities: Harlie has been an active member of Navarro 4-H for three years along with being the Navarro 4-H Reporter in 2021-22. She shows pigs and rabbits, and currently earning her FFA Greenhand Degree. She also participates in UIL Poetry, Math, Accounting, and Journalism and a member of the 2022-2023 Dazzler Drill Team.
Hobbies & Interest: She loves arts and crafts, animals, photography, dancing, and fashion designing, and hanging out with friends and family.
Involvement & Participation in the Guadalupe County Fair: Harlie has participated in the county photography contest, arts, and crafts, been in parades for Girl Scouts and Navarro Dazzlers, attended Fair pet shows and loves to attend the booths to learn more about plants and animals.
Contestant #5:
Abigail Pollock
Grade: 11
School: Navarro High School
Age: 16
Parent's Name: Faust and Nichole Pollock
Sponsor's Name: Confident Glow Sunless Tanning, LLC, Sheer Beauty Salon and Dry Bar
School Activities: Abigail has been the 2021-22 Navarro FFA Reporter, and is currently the 2022-2023 Navarro FFA Treasurer. She has also done multiple FFA activities like, San Antonio Livestock Show School Tours, FFA State and Area Convention Voting Delegate, FFA Job Interview, FFA Land Team Member, volunteered at the Haunted Hayride, as Committee Chairman, Hopping For Canned Goods volunteer, Market Swine Showman, State FFA Floral Member, and a UIL Member.
Hobbies & Interest: She enjoys dancing, poetry, knitting, art, music, reading and crocheting.
Involvement & Participation in the Guadalupe County Fair: She has participated in the 2021-2022 Fair Queen's Contestant's Float, along with volunteering with the kids corral and helping play games and make crafts with the kids.
Contestant #6:
Harley Thornton
Grade: 11
School: Seguin High School
Age: 16
Parent's Name: William Yancy and Patricia Thornto
Sponsor's Name: Viola's Flower Shop
School Activities: Harley is a Varsity Cheerleader, participates in Student Council, FFA, Floral Team, Z-Club, Meet In The Middle, rabbit showman, and Kingsbury 4-H.
Hobbies & Interest: She enjoys tumbling, shopping, baking, spending time with friends, family, and taking care of animals.
Involvement & Participation in the Guadalupe County Fair: She enters items into the County Baked Good Contest, along with flower arrangements, ceramic items, and the pumpkin decorating contest. Along with being in the parade for Seguin Cheer, Kingsbury 4-H, cooking in the cook-off, helped with Miss Round-Up, been in the pet show with her dog, and was in the Best Western Contest whenever she was younger.
