Q1. Contestants must meet all deadline requirements established by KAFHS. Candidates who fail to meet these deadlines will result in ineligibility to compete in the state pageant.
Q2. All information pertaining to prize money, special titles, required apparel, hotel reservations, ticket information will be available on this website.
Q3. The contestant must be a natural born female, who are single, have never been married (including annulments), and have never had any children and are not pregnant at the time of the state pageant.
Q4. Contestant must be at least 16 years of age on October 31, and must not have reached 22 years of age by October 31 of the year in which the local pageant is held. A valid birth certificate is required for verification. The birth certificate must be uploaded at the time of registration, and must be a jpeg or png file.
Q5. Contestants may not compete in any other pageant system that would prohibit the fulfillment of responsibilities through the state during her reign as Miss Kentucky County Fair.
Q6. Kentucky (KAFHS), its affiliates, and volunteers are not responsible for the disqualification of any contestant or winner. Grounds for disqualification include, BUT are not limited to: falsified information on registration forms, misconduct, use of obscene or inappropriate language, or unruly/unbecoming behavior. This includes conduct on social media and the internet, such as inappropriate photography or videography. The KAFHS Board reserves the right to determine disqualifications and all decisions are final.
Q7. Cameras, cell phones, IPads, and other electronic devices are strictly prohibited backstage. Use of such devices may result in disqualification, and devices may be confiscated for the duration of the pageant.
General Rules Applicable to All Pageant Programs
G1 In order to participate in pageant programs, a Fair Member desiring to enter a contestant must be a member of the Kentucky Association of Fairs and Horse Shows (KAFHS) and have paid all dues and pageant fees prior to the local pageant being held and be eligible for state aid through the Kentucky Department of Agriculture.
G2 A local Co. fair may conduct its local pageant by any rules or method they deem suitable to their particular situation, so long as the contestants selected to enter the KAFHSpageants meets the requirements set forth in these rules by said Association (KAFHS).
G3 No photo or internet contests / pageants are permitted for entry into any KAFHS state pageant program.
G4 Each local pageant must designate at least 30 days prior to the conduct of their pageant whether they have an open or closed contestant pageant and the date of such.
G5 A contestant must be a winner or runner-up in the local pageant.(Runner-up only accepted should for some reason the winner becomes ineligible or unable to attend.) A contestant can only represent one local fair and must represent the first local fair that they win first place in during the calendar year. (Local fairs are urged to not accept contestants who have won at a member show during that calendar year.) In the event a pageant winner has not met the deadline to enter the state pageant, a runner-up will not be accepted.
G6 The local Fair Board or sponsor is not responsible financially for transportation, room, and reserved seating or responsible for making such arrangements.Association (KAFHS) is not responsible for these aforementioned arrangements as well.
G7 Each member association shall designate one person to receive all correspondence from the association. It shall be that person’s responsibility to see that all rules, forms and other information is delivered to the appropriate person(s).
G8 Anyone winning a KAFHS state title is not eligible to compete in that pageant thereafter.
G9 Local fairs cannot accept contestants with out of state residence.
G10 Winners of KAFHS pageants are expected to attend the other three KAFHS pageant programs in the coming year.
G11 No pageant committee member can sit on a pageant committee where they have a Mother, Wife, Sibling, Child or Grandchild competing.