Fairest of the Fair Pageants
2022 Putnam County Fairest of the Fair Pageants
All pageants are Saturday July 30th at the Cookeville Community Center
Baby Pageant - 11am
Children’s Pageant - 1pm
Ms./Mrs. Pageant - 3pm
Youth Pageant - 4pm
Fairest of the Fair - 7pm
ENTRY DEADLINE FOR ALL PAGEANTS IS JULY 22nd AT NOON
Practice is Friday July 29th at Cookeville Community Center for ages 9 and up only.
Practice times are as follows:
Ages 9-15 and 21+ practice is optional (3-5pm). Not directed, take turns, during stage set up.
Ages 16-20 practice is REQUIRED (5-7pm). Directed. Full pageant run through will occur.
It is very important that you follow the Facebook page listed below, as all updates, changes, schedule and info related to the pageants
is announced there.
If you have any questions about the pageants not answered here or on the Facebook page listed above please direct them to:
Shannon Hayes, Chair (931) 644-5853 – pageantswithpurpose@yahoo.com
Print off the downloaded form above. Forms are also available at
(paperwork linked in the event page for the pageant)
Limited printed forms will be available after June 1 at the following locations:
Magnolia James
Ready, Set, Grow
The Country Bumpkin
All in Cookeville
Drop off completed entry form, payment (cash or check) and required items to:
MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO PUTNAM COUNTY FAIR
Attn: Patti Clark, Accountant for the Fair Board
Cannon, Clark and Holman
1151 S. Willow Ave. Suite A
Cookeville, TN 38506
DROPPED OFF ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY NOON ON JULY 22nd DEADLINE
Or Mail (check payments only, do not mail cash) to:
Putnam Co. Fair
P.O. Box 1001
Cookeville, TN 38503
MAILED ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED IN OUR P.O. BOX BY JULY 20th.
We suggest not mailing them later than July 15th in order to be sure they get there in time.
WE WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY LATE ENTRIES FOR ANY REASON
Rules for all divisions
Please review all rules carefully before submitting your entry form.
- Contestants must live in or go to school in Putnam County or Jackson County unless noted otherwise in their section below. We reserve the right to request proof of address from any contestant.
- Ages 0-20 no previous year’s winner may compete, even if moving up a division (only exemption to this was when we had a COVID year with a cancelled fair).
- Photogenic is online this year, and all contestants must email a photo to pageantswithpurpose@yahoo.com with the contestant’s name and age as the subject line by the entry deadline. No photos accepted after the entry deadline.
- All entry fees are non-refundable and non-transferrable for any reason.
- Dates and times are subject to change with or without notice.
- Any contestant or their family being rude or displaying poor sportsmanship at or before the pageant, including in phone or online communications, will be removed from the pageant and the contestant will be banned from competing for life. If these things occur after the pageant contestant will be banned from future pageants for life.
- Walking pattern for Little Miss and Up will be posted on Facebook prior to practice. Contestants in these divisions must follow the pattern. Infant through Mini Miss will not have a set walking pattern to follow and stage will not be marked.
- Fairest of the Fair, Teen Miss, and Princess are required to be available every day of the fair and some days throughout the year (these are the only divisions with required appearances). During the fair you have jobs and responsibilities, not just a quick photo op. Our queens work hard during the entire run of the fair spending several hours per day at the fair. Anyone who cannot/will not fulfill their duties will relinquish their title and all awards to the 1st runner up in their division.
- All pageants’ premium checks will be available at the fair office after the fair is over. Date and time will be posted on the Facebook page.
- There will be an admission fee to watch pageants. (Admission cost and spectator crowd size are subject to change based on public health needs/protocols and will be announced on Facebook before the pageant.) All pageants live streamed on our Facebook page as well.
- Entry into the pageants serves as your agreement to be photographed and your image used to promote the fair and the pageant in all forms of print and online media and in any way the fair board/pageant Chair see fit. Entry also serves as your agreement to hold harmless Putnam Co. Fair, it’s board, Chair, judges, emcees and volunteers from any loss/damages/illness/injury as a result of your participation. By entering you agree
you have read all of the information in this document.
Fairest of the Fair Divisions
BABY PAGEANT
Saturday July 30th at 11am - Cookeville Community Center
Baby Mr. 0-2 years (35 months)
Infant Miss 0-11 months
Baby Miss 12-23 months
Premiums (prizes)
Winner $45
1st Runner Up $35
2nd Runner Up $25
Third Runner Up $15
4th Runner Up $10 plus crowns/sash/trophies
Entry fee is $55 and includes all optionals (hair, eyes, smile, photogenic)
CHILDREN’S PAGEANT
Saturday July 30th at 1pm- Cookeville Community Center
Toddler Miss 2-3 years
Tiny Miss 4-5 years
Mini Miss 6-8 years
(Contestant’s age the day of the pageant is the division you will enter.)
Premiums (prizes)
Winner $45
1st Runner Up $35
2nd Runner Up $25
Third Runner Up $15
4th Runner Up $10 plus crowns/sashes/awards
Entry fee is $55 and includes all optionals (hair, eyes, smile, photogenic)
Ms. and Mrs. Divisions
Saturday July 30th at 3pm - Cookeville Community Center
**If a contestant is 20 will turn 21 prior to December 31 she is ineligible for Fairest of the Fair division and may compete in the Ms. division if unmarried.
If a contestant is younger than 21 and is married or will be married before January 2024 she can compete in the Mrs. division.**
Ms. divisions: Unmarried (May or may not have children/be divorced)
Ms. ages 21-30
Ms. Elite ages 30+
Mrs. divisions: Married (May or may not have children)
Mrs. 21-30
Mrs. Elite ages 30+
Premiums (prizes)
Winner $45
1st Runner Up $35
2nd Runner Up $25
Third Runner Up $15
4th Runner Up $10 plus crowns/sashes/awards
No residency restrictions for Ms./Mrs. divisions only.
Entry fee is $45 all inclusive (includes optionals hair, eyes, smile, photogenic)
YOUTH PAGEANT - TEEN MISS, PRINCESS, LITTLE MISS
Saturday July 30th at 4pm - Cookeville Community Center
Teen Miss 13-15 years
Princess 11-12 years
Little Miss 9-10 years
(Contestant’s age the day of the pageant is the division you will enter.)
Premiums (prizes)
Winner $45
1st Runner Up $35
2nd Runner Up $25
Third Runner Up $15
4th Runner Up $10 plus crowns/sashes/awards
Entry fee is $55 and includes all optionals (hair, eyes, smile, photogenic)
FAIREST OF THE FAIR DIVISION
Saturday July 30th at 7pm - Cookeville Community Center
Premiums (prizes)
Winner $100
1st Runner Up $50
2nd Runner Up $40
Third Runner Up $30
4th Runner Up $20 plus crowns/sashes/awards.
Entry fee is $65 and includes all optional awards (hair, eyes, smile, photogenic)
● The Fairest of the Fair receives a $1,000 Scholarship – non-transferable, paid upon
completion of 1 successful semester in college, completing all her fair duties during the
fair and competing in the State Pageant in January in Murfreesboro. If these
requirements are not met, she will forfeit her crown and sash to the runner up and the
scholarship will not be awarded.
● Contestant may not have ever been married or pregnant (State rules). If contestant
marries or becomes pregnant before her reign is up she must relinquish crown and sash
to the first runner up and scholarship will not be awarded.
● Fairest of the Fair is open to girls ages 16-20 (may not turn 21 before December 31st).
**If a contestant is 20 will turn 21 prior to December 31 she is ineligible for Fairest of the Fair division and may compete in the Ms. division if unmarried.
If a contestant is younger than 21 and is married or will be married before January 2024 she can compete in the Mrs. division.**
● Mandatory Interviews for Fairest of the Fair division only (ages 16-20) are Sunday July
24th at 2pm location to be announced on Facebook and messaged to contestants.
● Mandatory practice for Fairest of the Fair division is Friday July 29th at the Community
Center from 5-6:30pm.
● Contestants must live in or go to school in Putnam or Jackson counties if K-12. If
college, a permanent address of Putnam or Jackson counties (on your DL) is required and will be
verified before the pageant.
● No previous Fairest of the Fair (from any county) may compete.
● Judging criteria for Fairest of the Fair division: 25% Interview, 5% Photo, 50% On stage
modeling (poise, personality, overall appearance), 20% On stage question. You have
three panels of judges: Photo judges, Interview judges, and stage judges.
● Fairest of the Fair entry checklist: entry form (do not write more than the lines given, it
will not be read), typed 1 page bio (for interview judges) and copy of your Driver’s
License. Email your photo by entry deadline to pageantswithpurpose@yahoo.com with
your name and age in the subject line. Be sure to put your cell phone number on your
entry form. Incomplete entries will not be allowed to compete, be sure you submit
all required materials when you submit your entry and payment.
● The one page bio is for our interview judges to read prior to meeting you.
● Walking pattern will be posted on Facebook prior to practice. Your stage timing for
individual modeling is the pattern, not what you have written on your form.
● 1st Runner up in this division is REQUIRED to compete at the Princess Pageant in the
fall for all Fairest of the Fair 1st Runner Ups. (Fair board pays your entry fee for this.)
● All Fairest of the Fair division contestants must decorate a high heel shoe to enter into
the fair. The winning shoe receives $50 and is displayed during the fair as is the fairest of the fair’s shoe.
The fairest of the fair’s shoe is taken to the state TAF convention to compete against all the other county fair queens.
The theme of your shoe should reflect Putnam Co and our fair.
Shoes are to be turned in during your interview on July 24th.
● Fairest of the fair must be available for appearances every day of the fair (with jobs and
responsibilities lasting for several hours most days) as well as other dates throughout the
year and sign a contract upon crowning agreeing to fulfill duties of her title.