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The
2013 Little Miss & Mister Darke County Fair Queen
and King enjoy their winnings.
Ava Gosnell is the 2013 Little Miss and
Jarrett Norris is the 2013 Little Mister.
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Ava
Gosnell, Jarrett Norris take Little Miss & Mr. titles
By Bob Robinson
GREENVILLE – Hundreds of parents, family and friends took a trip to the
West Coast Aug. 19 as 59 three, four and five-year-olds put together
their best “Surfin’ Safari” presentations in hopes of becoming the 2013
Little Miss & Mister Darke County Fair Queen & King.
Walking away with the sashes, trophies, bicycles and a variety of other
gifts were Little Miss Darke County Fair Queen Ava Gosnell, age 4,
daughter of Trevor and Kristen Gosnell; and Little Mr. Darke County
Fair King Jarrett Norris, Age 3, son of Jeremy and Tara Norris.
First Runner-ups were Little Miss, Avery Leeper, age 5, daughter of
Teresa and Chris Leeper, and Little Mr. Jake Norris, age 5, son of
Jeremy and Tara Norris. Second Runner-ups were Little Miss Mylee
Bierly, age 5, daughter of Benny and Ashley Bierly, and Little Mr.
Elliott Seubert, age 4, son of Justin and Tricia Seubert. Third
Runner-ups were Little Miss Aubrey Wulber, age 5, daughter of April and
the late Ryan Wulber, and Little Mr. Jackson D.L. Ross, age 4, son of
Denny and Amy Ross.
Most Photogenic were Allyson Waymire, age 5, daughter of Randall and
Amy Waymire, Laura Waymire, and Daniel Davis, age 3, son of Marah and
Dylan Davis.
The contest is coordinated by Kathy Beam and The Flower Patch. Beam
told the audience that they will be looking for past winners of the
Little Miss & Mr. and hope to showcase them in a future pageant.
She also noted next year there will likely be a facebook contest for
the 2014 theme. Details to be announced later.
Darke County Fair Director Brian Rismiller talked about the growth of
the Little Miss & Mr. pageant, noting it outgrew the Gazebo and it
looks this year it may be outgrowing the Youth Building.
The emcee for the evening was Alex Mikos, WTGR Tiger Radio announcer.
Noting the turnout for the pageant he said, “What a wonderful way to
showcase our youth.”
Judges for the event were Susan Allread with Greenville Federal,
Greenville Police Chief Dennis Butts, Lisa Francis with Leis Realty and
Darke County Commissioner Mike Stegall.
Runners-up and Mr. & Miss Photogenic received prizes that include
sashes and trophies, gift certificates and various other items.
Little Miss contestants included Zoe Ayette, Elleigh Baker, Aubrey
Baumgardner, Emma Brown, Cadence Burke, Vivian Dapore, Addie Dynes,
Lilly Edwards, Bella Rose Enicks, Ashlynn Flatter, Alexys Foland, Kara
Freeman, Addison Gelhaus, Madison Haworth, Jaelyn Hecht, Alainah Hess,
Kaylie Hittle, Riley Houck, Alia Hunt, Emma Jones, Meridith Laux, Haven
Marker, Ally Marshall, Madison McCool, Alyna Nelson, Madisyn Nelson,
Lilly Perry, Addison Pipenger, CJ Rismiller, Elizabeth Shaffer, Abigail
May Stump, Cheyenne Swisher, Camryn Thomason, Rachel Wright and McKenna
Yant.
Little Mr. contestants included Evan Addis, Nolan Blackford, Lance
Brinksneader, Luke Burke, Skyler Derksen, Brody Edwards, Ethan Flatter,
Cam Fornshil, Murphy Gantt, Kaden Harrison, Lucas Marker, Hunter
Meyers, JJ Vocke and Aaron Wright.
Published courtesy
of The Early Bird
Watch for the complete set of photos at Community
Events Photo Gallery
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The
2013 Most Photogenic titles at the Little Miss &
Mister Darke County
Fair Queen and King were Allyson Waymire and Daniel
Davis.
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