Dubois County 4-H Fair pageant set for June 28 in Jasper
Six young women will compete June 28 in Jasper for Dubois County’s fair queen and teen miss titles, with scholarships and a state fair berth on the line.
Six Dubois County candidates will take the stage at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 28, at the Jasper High School Auditorium for the county’s 4-H Fair queen pageant, a contest that helps introduce the July fair season and sends the Miss Dubois County winner on to the Indiana State Fair Queen Contest in January 2027.
The pageant sits at the junction of youth leadership, family support and the county’s agricultural identity. Eligibility is not limited to 4-H members, and the Dubois County 4-H Queen Committee says contestants and their courts receive scholarships, while local businesses provide gifts. Purdue Extension Dubois County says 4-H serves young people in grades 3-12, with Mini 4-H for children in kindergarten through second grade, building leadership through hands-on experiences with peers and adults.
The Teen Miss field includes Kate Gray, the daughter of Tim and Samantha Gray of Huntingburg. Gray will be a freshman at Forest Park Jr/Sr High School and hopes to attend Purdue University after graduation. Millie Popp of Jasper, a sophomore at Jasper High School, plans to become a phlebotomist and is sponsored by The Local Lather.
The Miss Dubois County candidates bring a broader range of college and career goals tied to local roots. Bella Beckman of Jasper, a 2025 graduate of Northeast Dubois High School, attends Purdue University and is studying animal science with plans for veterinary medicine. Her sponsor is Beckman Family Farms. Laurian Gayso of Jasper graduated from Jasper High School in 2026 and plans to study grooming at the Grooming School of Indiana with the goal of becoming a dog groomer; IGA is her sponsor.
Amerynn Fetter of Huntingburg, a 2026 graduate of Southridge High School, plans to study art education at the University of Southern Indiana and hopes to become an art teacher. Huntingburg Greenhouse is her sponsor. Mya Ziegler of Loogootee, a 2025 Northeast Dubois graduate, attends the University of Tampa and is studying marine biology with plans to become a marine veterinarian; Holon Health is her sponsor.
Applications for the 2026 queen contest opened April 1 and were due by May 15, with questions directed to committee chairs Jennifer Hasenour and Sandy Neukam. Miss Dubois County contestants must be 17 by June 1, 2026, and younger than 22 on June 1, 2027, while Teen Miss contestants must be 14 by June 1, 2026, and not yet 17.
The June 28 pageant continues a familiar fair-week lead-in. In 2025, Taylor Blackgrove was named Miss Dubois County and Kinley Schnell was named Teen Miss, while Laurian Gayso finished first runner-up in the Miss division. The previous year, the pageant was held June 30 at Jasper High School and was paired with the 4-H Fashion Revue, underscoring its place as one of the county’s most visible youth showcases before the Dubois County 4-H Fair opens July 9-13.
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