Louisiana Cattle Festival Pageant fast approaching

The Louisiana Cattle Festival Pageant is quickly approaching, and the Festival’s Board of Directors and Festival Members would like to invite the community to participate in the chance for a remarkable year-long opportunity!
The pageant will be held in the Abbeville High School auditorium on Saturday, March 4, 2023, for ages 5-24 and older. The following day and in the same location, on Sunday, March 5, 2023, the baby pageant for girls and boys of 0-4 years old will be held. The deadline to submit pageant entry forms is next Wednesday, March 1, for ages 5-24 and older and Thursday, March 2, for all baby divisions.
“While the pageant is a great opportunity for forming friendships and representing yourself as a contestant, being crowned a Louisiana Cattle Festival Queen or King is much more than that. It provides a year-long reign of traveling and engages our local communities to promote our festival, the hardworking cattle producers and industry personnel our festival celebrates, and the beautiful city of Abbeville. We look forward to bringing the festival back downtown and working alongside our new royalty to revive traditions and introduce new, exciting, family-friendly events,” says Louisiana Cattle Festival President Karen Guilbeau.
While the time is drawing near to crown new royalty, the Louisiana Cattle Festival and Fair Association would like to first endlessly thank, honor, and applaud the phenomenal reigns of 72nd LA Cattle Queen, Sydney Bertrand, and her “royal herd” including Remi Joiner, Baby Cattle Queen, Ryker Theaux, Baby Cattle King, Aubrey Zagar, Petite Cattle Queen, Emily Guidry, Deb Cattle Queen, Kamille LeBlanc, Junior Cattle Queen, Mia Comeaux, Teen Cattle Queen, and Morgan Mooney, Ms. Cattle Queen.
“It has been 365 days since I was crowned the 72nd Louisiana Cattle Festival Queen, and I can confidently say that I would do it all again in a heartbeat. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity has been an experience like no other. I have learned things about myself that I have never known before, accomplished things I have never thought were possible, and, most importantly, I was able to be an advocate for an industry that does so much more than just putting food on our tables. I will forever be grateful for this opportunity, but it is now time for me to crown the 73rd Louisiana Cattle Festival Queen, and I cannot be more excited to see who that fortunate young lady will be,” says Sydney Bertrand, LA Cattle Festival Queen.
Reminder: deadline for pageant entry is next Wednesday, March 1, and Thursday, March 2, with the pageant taking place on Saturday, March 4th and Sunday, March 5, at Abbeville High School. For more information on pageant registration and entry forms, visit our website at www.louisianacattlefestival.org/pageant-information or email louisianacattlefestival@gmail.com.