Bailey Bingham is ‘Fairest of the Fair’
Pageant winners for 2017: Tiny Miss (8-9) Cailyn Taylor, Tiny Miss (6-7) Riley Alley, Tiny Miss (4-5) Hadley Webb, Fairest of the Fair Princess Kendra Lynn Holbrook, Junior Fairest of the Fair Bayli Alley, and Fairest of the Fair Bailey Bingham.
Bailey Bingham was crowned Anderson County Fairest of the Fair for 2017 Monday night.
“I’ll never forget this,” she said. “I’ve met so many new people, gained so many friends,” she said.
Bingham said the pageant experience was everything she thought it would be — and more.
“It was fun and it was a learning process,” she said.
And while the “Fairest” pageant was the last competition of the night, Bingham said that was not a problem.
“I was able to sleep until noon,” she joked.
The hardest part, for her, was the on-stage question each.
“You’re put on the spot, You’re asked a question you haven’t been asked and it hits you,” she said.
Bingham was one of six young women participating in the “Fairest of the Fair,” and she noted any one of them could have walked away with the crown.
“We had a good group of girls this year,” Co-Sponsor of the pageant Amanda Hughes said. “We couldn’t have asked for a better group of girls.”
While there were some changes to the 2017 pageant — gone were the youngest divisions in the Tiny Miss portion — Hughes said the evening went …
“Awesome,” she said.
“The girls were great, we ran a little early, and the judges did a wonderful job in the selection of our winners.
Hughes said that while being “Fairest of the Fair” has always meant performing community service, the 2017 winner will have more events than previous winners.
“There is something going on every month,” she noted.
Bingham takes it all in stride, “I’m used to being busy,” she said.
“Now I’ll be busy as the Fairest of the Fair.”
Fair winners — all pageants — are:
Fairest of the Fair
Queen - Bailey Bingham
1st Runner Up - Brooke Lee Clowers
2nd Runner Up - Sydnee Rene Bryant
Moira Kaye Ely Interview Award - Brooke Clowers
Carl Worley Community and Character Award - Sydnee Bryant
Judy Crosby Duncan Poise Award - Katelyn Adkins
Junior Fairest of the Fair
Queen - Bayli Alley
1st Runner Up - Kaylee Payne
Poise Award - Kaylee Payne
Princess Fairest of the Fair
Queen - Kendra Lynn Holbrook
1st Runner Up - Sophia Whitaker
2nd Runner Up - Isabelle Smith
Poise Award - Jazzmyn Harness
Tiny Miss
Div. III; 8-9
Queen - Cailyn Taylor
1st Runner Up - Sophie Carroll
2nd Runner Up - Emilee Byrge
Prettiest Eyes - Ellie Yarbrough
Prettiest Hair - Lavada Johnson
Prettiest Smile - Brooklin Wilkerson
Personality Award - Teagan Green
Div. II; 6-7
Queen - Riley Alley
1st Runner Up - Marlee Miles
2nd Runner Up - Brooke Halford
Prettiest Eyes - Baylee Brown
Prettiest Hair - Kloe Childress
Prettiest Smile - Kyndall St. Hill
Personality Award - Lily Guy
Div. I; 4-5
Queen - Hadley Webb
1st Runner Up - Kinley Hendrix
2nd Runner Up - Piper Linthicum
Prettiest Eyes - Amelia Tomb
Prettiest Hair - Daisy McCloud
Prettiest Smile - Lyla Gadd
Personality Award - Karleigh Stricker
Fairest of the Fair would like to thank:
Sponsors
Mayor Terry Frank (Main Sponsor)
Fox Toyota
Clinton Floor and Cabinet
Community Trust Bank
Motts Floral Designs
Anderson County Fair Board
Volunteers
Avarie Spears and parents
Riley Phillips and parents
Mia Baylis and parents
Alyssa Reep and parents
Madyson Robinson and parents
Jordan Henegar and parents
Katie Henderson
Delores Sanderson
Jim Sanderson
Autumn Arsenault
Kari Arsenault
Scott Page
Charles Bush
Morgan Webster