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VAF QUEENS

2023 - Natalie Woodward - Frederick County
2022 - Torie Shifflett - Franklin County
2021 - No Pageant Held
2020 - Adrienne Poole - VAKY District

2019 - Olivia Green - Scott County's Fairest
2018 - McKenzie Templeton - Lee
2017 - Whitney Davis - Dickenson
2016 - Jensen Hoover - Shenandoah
2015 - Megan Greber - Rockingham
2014 - Leah Cordle - Russell
2013 - Sarah Grace Fitzsimmons - Shenandoah
2012 - McKenna Kendrick - Frederick
2011 - Katie Yankey Landes - Bergton
2010 - Becca Gogue - Shenandoah
2009 - Brittany Law MacEachern - Patrick
2008 - Catherine Rigg Stewart - VA/KY
2007 - Sara Wirtala Bock - Fredericksburg
2006 - Jaclyn Roller Ryan - Shenandoah
2005 - Emily Schwab - Albemarle
2004 - Elizabeth Colopy - Page
2003 - Jessica Prince Sanders - VA/KY
2002 - Tiffany Weaver Sawyer - Rockingham
2001 - Whitney Brook Zirkle Justus - VA/KY
2000 - Kimberly Cooper Updike - Fredericksburg
1999 - Heidi Hund - Albemarle
1998 -  Melissa Ward Atkins - Shenandoah
1997 - Kelie Young Blackwell - VA/KY
1996 - Melissa Purtlebaugh McDonald - Frederick
1995 - Julie Knowles - Page
1994 - Nicole Jones Plourde - Fredericksburg
1993 - Suzann Briggs Irvin - Fredericksburg
1992 - Krista Lambert Price - Russell

Miss State Fair of Virginia Queens:
1991 - Lisa Baker Webster - Dickenson
1990 - Anna Marie Dyke McKenna - Frederick
1989 - Cheryl Ferguson - Five County
1988 - Lisa Baggan Hayes - Fredericksburg
1987 - Carla Yancey Boswell - South Central
1986 - Judy Whipp Mills - Frederick
1985 - Rhea McChesney Higginbotham - Fishersville
1984 - Stephanie Judd Sandridge - Fishersville
1983 - Andra Casilear Crosen - Frederick
1982 - Minnie Gillenwater Bates - VA/KY
1981 - Dana McGrath Mayberry - Five County
1980 - Vicki Semones - New River Valley
1979 - Laura Eline Buchanan Bruce - VA/KY
1978 - Faith Clark - Five County
1977 - Dora Beeler Buck - Shenandoah
1976 - Betty Lou Walsh - Shenandoah
1975 - No Pageant Held
1974 - Kathy Redd Brodie - Five County
1973 - Kylene Barker - New River Valley - Miss America 1979
1972 - Michelle Matter Smith - Fredericksburg
1971 - Jessika Jenks Poole - Fredericksburg
1970 - Tracy Rudacille Pomeroy - Warren
1969 - Linda Bond Hagan - South Central
1968 - Joyce Dixon - Chesterfield
1967 - Karen White - Chesterfield
1966 - Sherry Overton Sheffield - Five County
1965 - Debbi Loth - Rockingham
1964 - Brenda Lewis - Fredericksburg
1963 - Lisa Hanmer Perdieu - South Central
1962 - Donna Ratcliff Strange - Halifax
1961 - Nancy Byrd Lacy Murray - Halifax
1960 - Patricia Ailsworth Gwitt - Northern Neck
1959 - Carol Black Puhlick - South Central
1958 - Patricia Poindexter - Salem - Miss Virginia USA & Miss Universe Contestant
1957 - Alice Ferrell - Fredericksburg
1956 - Carter Billingsley Saunders - Fredericksburg
1955 - No Pageant Held
1954 - Judy Tritt McElroy - Lee
1953 - Virginia Carter Duffer Hall - Five County

FROM 1953 - 2023 AND IN YEARS TO COME...

The Miss State Fair of Virginia and Miss Virginia Association of Fairs Pageant has proudly represented Virginia's fairs and festivals for over 60 years. Several of these women have gone on to win and place in other pageants - including this Miss Universe and Miss America pageants!

"It is an honor to be among a group of such dynamic, beautiful, intellectual, and civic-minded women! As a collective, we represent all that the wonderful state of Virginia has to offer, as well as the magnificence of each of our gorgeous communities."

~ Heidi Hund Robinson, Miss Virginia Association of Fairs 1999

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In Honor of our Dear Friend and Queen:

 

It is with heavy hearts that we share some devastating news. Jensen Hoover, our Miss Virginia Association of Fairs 2016, passed away due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident that occurred on Saturday, May 7, 2022.

While we are still searching for the right words to express our grief, we wanted to invite you all to share your memories of Jensen so that we may CELEBRATE her life.

The year Jensen won Miss VAF in 2016, our theme was “Celebrate.” Some may remember our pageant shirts were black with the gold sparkly words on the front, “Celebrate Miss VAF 2016.” Today, even though our hearts are breaking, we ask you all to share your memories of Jensen to help us celebrate our beautiful and uniquely dynamic Miss VAF 2016.

Outside of her long list of accomplishments from a collegiate athlete to business owner and state pageant winner, Jensen was kind, hard-working, funny and goal oriented. Her presence brought a bright light to every space she entered. Daughter, sister, wife and friend. Loved by so many and an inspiration to others for her fierce determination to accomplish her goals and for her work around her platform on mental health. Jensen was never shy when it came to speaking out for what she believed in and giving a voice to those who did not have one.

Thank you for your service as Miss VAF 2016. We love you, Jensen. You will be so deeply missed.

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