Miss Clay County Fair Queen Pageant

08/25/2026

Happy first day of school to Queen Landree! 👑📚

Landree kicked off her senior year at McKendree University today! She started her morning bright and early in her role as a Student Ambassador, helping welcome students back to campus and handing out coffee before heading off to her own first class of the year.

Wishing Landree the very best — soak it all in and have an amazing senior year!

08/19/2026

County Fair Day at the Illinois State Fair 👑🎡💙

Last week, our Clay County Fair Queens kicked off the very first day of the Illinois State Fair by joining queens from across the state for County Fair Day!

08/19/2026

📚✏️ Back to school for a couple of our Clay County Fair Queens! 👑

Wishing our girls a wonderful year as they trade their crowns for backpacks! 💙

👑 Junior Miss Maura Kay is heading back to North Clay for her final year of junior high — 8th grade!

👑 Little Miss Kylie is starting 3rd grade at Flora Elementary!

We hope you both have the very best school year filled with lots of learning, laughter, and great memories! ✏️🍎📓

08/08/2026

👑 What an exciting first week it has been for our trio of Clay County Fair Queens!

These three have already been busy making memories, meeting new friends, and enjoying their first adventures together. They wrapped up their first full week of their reign by celebrating the Cisne Reunion—enjoying the parade and pageant and cheering on another wonderful group of young ladies!

Congratulations to the newly crowned Cisne Reunion royalty: Miss Esme Krupp, Junior Miss Lydia Atwood, and Little Miss Sarah Atwood. We wish you a wonderful year ahead!

One week down and so many adventures still to come. We can’t wait to see where this year takes our trio! 👑

08/05/2026

Our Clay County queens have already been busy visiting neighboring county pageants and celebrating an exciting fair season! 👑✨

Congratulations to the newly crowned royalty:

💙 Effingham County Junior Miss: Lydia Wendling (Sunday)
💙 Marion County Fair Queen: Kallie Walsh (Monday)
💙 Effingham County Fair Queen: Marah Kirk (Tuesday)

Congratulations to each of these outstanding young women! We wish you all an incredible experience representing your counties and look forward to seeing you throughout the year. 👑

08/01/2026

What a night at the fair!! Congratulations to our new Queen, Miss Landree Erwin!!

Congratulations Miss Clay County 2026 Landree Erwin 👑 1st Runner up Kamry Austin and 2nd Runner up Laila Smith

07/31/2026

The interviews are complete, and our Miss contestants are ready to take the stage! 👑✨

Join us tonight at 6:00 p.m. at the Clay County Fair as these incredible young women compete for the title of 2026 Clay County Fair Queen. We can't wait to celebrate all of their hard work and cheer them on one last time.

Come out, fill the stands, and help us crown our next queen! 💙🌟