Ms.
Kentucky County Fair Rules
Q1. Contestants must comply with all deadline requirements established by KAFHS. Candidates who fail to meet the deadlines will not be allowed to compete in the state pageant.
Q2. An entry form for the pageant shall be available on the KAFHS website, to Association members prior to June 1. Completed entry forms should be submitted (electronically) to the Secretary within 30 days of the local pageant and must be received by December 1. No entries will be accepted after December 1. Contestants not meeting that deadline will not be allowed to compete in the state pageant.
Q3. The contestant must be a natural born female, single, divorced, or widowed, and can have children.
Q4. Contestant must be 22 years of age, of the year when local county fair pageant is held. A birth certificate is required for eligibility verification and must be submitted with the online entry form. Birth Certificate must be in a jpeg or png file format in order to be submitted.
Q5. Contestants may not compete in any other pageant system that would prohibit the fulfillment of responsibilities through the state during her reign as Ms. Kentucky County Fair.
Q6. Kentucky (KAFHS) its affiliates, officers, volunteers and representatives shall not to be held liable or responsible in any way for disqualifications of winners and/or contestants. Grounds for disqualification may include, BUT are not limited to, false or misleading statements on registration forms, misconduct, the use of obscene, offensive or inappropriate language, unruly/unbecoming behavior, inappropriate or offensive content on social media and/or the internet, or any conduct deemed unacceptable by the Pageant Committee. Contestants must be in good legal standing. By entering this pageant, the contestant certifies that they have no history of criminal convictions or pending criminal legal proceedings that would be inconsistent with the values and responsibilities of the Ms. Kentucky County Fair Title. The KAFHS board will make all decisions and they will be final.
Q7. Cameras, cell phones, iPad, and other electronic devices are not allowed backstage. Use of these electronic devices can disqualify any contestant during the pageant and such devices will be confiscated for the remainder of the pageant.
Q8. Clothing for the pageant will be MODEST, meaning no cut outs in the attire, very MODEST cleavage showing in all attire (no low cut in tops that go to belly button), no slits will be allowed higher than mid-thigh, no see-through attire.
Q9. There will be a Ms. Kentucky County Fair State Pageant winner, along with 1 st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th runners-up chosen from the contestants. There will also be a Ms. Congeniality and People's Choice winner.
Q10. Each County Fair will send one contestant to compete in this category to compete in the State Pageant.
Q11. Each winner sent to the state competition must meet the eligibility requirements. A Ms. contestant must be at least 22 years old and either single, divorced or widowed. If a titleholder's marital status changes before October 31, they will no longer be eligible to compete at the state level, and the first runner-up will be required to assume the title and represent the county. No exceptions will be made.
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 County fair may conduct its local pageant by any
rules or method they deem suitable to their situation, so long as the
contestant elected to enter the KAFHS pageants 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 are 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 four KAFHS pageants in that year and crown their successor as a Kentucky
County Fair winner.
G11. No pageant committee member can sit on a pageant committee where they have a Mother, Wife, Sibling, Child or Grandchild competing.