EAST MOLINE, Ill. (April 2, 2013)?The Rock Island County Fair Board is pleased to announce that enrollment is now open for the Little Miss, Junior Miss, and Miss Rock Island County Fair Queen Pageants.


Contestants who meet the following age requirements and reside, attend school in, or were born in Rock Island County are eligible.


Little Miss: Girls currently in first, second, or third grades are eligible to compete. The competition will consist of an interview, party dress modeling, and onstage questions.


Junior Miss: Young women currently in sixth, seventh, or eighth grades are eligible to compete. Contestants will have a 30-second speech, three-minute interview, evening gown modeling, and they will answer questions onstage. This pageant is new this year!


Miss: Women ages 16-21 (may not have reached her 22nd birthday by January 1, 2014) are eligible to compete. They will compete in speech (one minute), a four-minute interview, swimsuit, evening gown, and they will answer onstage questions.


Applications are available on the Rock Island County Fair website (rockislandfair.com) or you can contact director Shauna Learn for more information at ricountyqueen@gmail.com. Enrollment is now through Friday, May 10.

2012 Rock Island County Fair Queen Amelia Martens celebrates her win as the very first Miss Illinois County Fair Queen in Rock Island County.

Please join us for a reception for Amelia Martens  newly crowned 2013 Miss. Illinois County Fair Queen. Amelia is a senior at the University of Illinois majoring in Agricultural Communications. She is from Orion IL.

Reception is as follows:

Location: Western Illinois University Campus - 3300 River Dr. Moline IL 61265

Time: 1:00pm-4:00pm (Amelia and  Rock Island County Fair board president Mr. William L McKinley will be speaking around 3:00)

Amelia would love to share with you about her upcoming busy summer and her excitement of being the official hostess of the Illinois State Fair and the DuQuoin State Fair.