Name: 2026 Miss Estill County Fair Pageant
Start: 2026-05-23T17:00:00-04:00
Location: 38 SOUTH IRVINE ROAD , KY

1. Arrival Time 2:30 PM EST. Pageant begins at 5:00 PM
2. Entry Fee: $50.00, Checks are payable to the Estill County Agrl Fair Board. You can also pay with cash, venmo @ECFair, with credit/debit card, or on square at https://square.link/u/IqtG5elD.
3. Deadline for Entry and Practice Date/Time May 22, 2026 at 8:00 PM. All applications must be submitted by Google forms or email at [email protected] by the May 22nd deadline. There will be a $10.00 late fee assessed on all applications submitted after May 22nd. No exceptions will be made to this policy!
4. What to bring:
a. Interview Attire
b. Swimsuit (can bring a sarong)
c. Formal Gown
5. The competition will be judged on:
a. Interview
b. Swimsuit
c. Evening Gown
6. Competition is open to all KY Female residents aged 16-22.
7. Please arrive dressed for your interview. Interview begins at 4:00 PM
8. Miss Estill Co 2026 will be selected from only contestants that reside in Estill County.
9. Miss Estill Co Fair 2026 will be selected from all participating contestants. If the winner of the Miss Estill Co Fair 2026 is a resident of Estill County, then we will not select a Miss Estill County.
10. Other details: Everyone will enter through the exhibit hall doors located by the grandstand. Contestants will not have to pay a gate fee.
11. ABSOLUTELY NO ONE IS PERMITTED IN THE DRESSING ROOM, EXCEPT CONTESTANTS AND ESTILL COUNTY PAGEANT COMMITTEE MEMBERS. NO EXCEPTIONS!
12. The Estill County Fair Board is not responsible for lost or stolen items or items left behind.
13. Rules for entry
a. Contestants must reach their 16th birthday by October 31, 2026 and cannot have reached their 22nd birthday by October 31, 2026.
b. Contestants must be a natural born female and must not have been married, divorced, widowed, or had an annulment and have had no children.
c. If for any reason the winner cannot fulfill her obligations as Miss Estill County Fair, the 1st Runner Up will preside.
d. The Estill County Fair Board and/or Pageant Committee are not responsible for disqualifications. Grounds for disqualifications are but not limited to: untrue statements or registration forms, misconduct, obscene, foul language, unruly/unbecoming behavior portrayed on social media and/or internet such as pornography and any other reasons the pageant committee may deem as necessary.
e. Contestants must understand that they will be held to a code of conduct upon their reign of Miss Estill County and/or Miss Estill County Fair. As a contestant/winner, they must exhibit ethical and legal behavior at all times throughout the year while representing Estill County. They must not participate in or be/been arrested for any criminal offense. If such occurs, they will be subject to being stripped of their crown and cannot participate in the KY Fairs Pageant.
f. Must provide a birth certificate prior to competing.
g. Contestant must be a resident of KY.