Pumpkin queen

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Sally, who is referred by many fans as "the pumpkin queen", in The Nightmare Before Christmas film
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Sally, who is referred by many fans as "the pumpkin queen", in The Nightmare Before Christmas film

A pumpkin queen may be either a fictional character or a real person associated with a variety of beauty contests held in North America.

The most famous fictional pumpkin queen is probably the character Sally from Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. She is occasionally referred to as "the pumpkin queen," most typically by fans of the film, as a result of her relationship with Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town.

A longer-standing tradition of more than a half dozen pumpkin shows and festivals in various American states are pageants to determine the show or festival's Pumpkin Queen. While this tradition goes back to at least the 1930s, usage of the title "Pumpkin Queen" has increased dramatically after 2000. Many of these shows and festivals have attendance figures in at least the tens and in some cases hundreds of thousands, a number of who come to see the crowning of the show or festival's new "Queen." These ladies usually also participate in some kind of major parade associated with their respective festival or show. Pumpkin Queens from the more prominent shows and festivals also attend other food festivals and parades in their states while serving as representatives of their respective pumpkin festival or show. These ladies also receive a good deal of local and in some cases regional media attention and are representative of a well-established autumnal tradition in North America and possibly elsewhere. Information and products associated with the many pumpkin queens have appeared throughout the world wide web and even on such prominent sites as ebay.

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[edit] List of Pumpkin Queens from Major Festivals and Shows

[edit] Confluence PumpkinFest, 2003-2006: Confluence PumpkinFest Queens

  • 2003: Queen Linette
  • 2004: Queen Linette
  • 2005: Queen Autumn
  • 2006: Queen Ashley Clevenger


[edit] Huntsburg Pumpkin Festival, 2006: Huntsburg Pumpkin Festival Queens

  • 2006: Queen


[edit] The Barnesville Pumpkin Festival, 1964-2006: Barnesville Pumpkin Festival Queens

  • 1950s: Queen
  • 1999: Queen Martha McAnlis
  • 2001: Queen
  • 2002: Queen
  • 2003: Queen
  • 2004: Queen Wood
  • 2005: Queen Beverly Plumly
  • 2006: Queen Emily Jo Rockwell

[edit] The Bradford Pumpkin Show, -2006: Miss Pumpkin Queens

  • 2006: Queen


[edit] The Circleville Pumpkin Show, 1903-2007: Miss Pumpkin Show Queens

  • 1933: Queen Lucille Heise
  • 1934: Queen Eleanor Anderson
  • 1935: Queen Anne Thatcher
  • 1936: Queen Dolly Riffle
  • 1937: Queen Thelma Pyle
  • 1938: Queen Ruth Fitch
  • 1939: Queen Kathryn Martin
  • 1940: Queen Gloria Wilson
  • 1941: Queen DonnaMae McCune
  • (World War II hiatus)
  • 1944: Queen Mildred Frazier
  • 1945: Queen Pearl Roese
  • 1946: Queen Patricia Love
  • 1947: Queen Mary Woods
  • 1948: Queen Beverly Huston
  • 1949: Queen Patty Moats
  • 1950: Queen Yvonne Flannery
  • 1951: Queen Charlene Jackson
  • 1952: Queen Wilma Jean Wilkinson
  • 1953: Queen Ruth Ann Valentine
  • 1954: Queen Judy Walters
  • 1955: Queen Virginia Reisinger
  • 1956: Queen Eleanor Aldenderfer
  • 1957: Queen Joann Graves
  • 1958: Queen Joy Maughmer
  • 1959: Queen Vivian Gifford
  • 1960: Queen Peggy Clark
  • 1961: Queen Carol Torchick
  • 1962: Queen Barbara Davis
  • 1963: Queen Page Miller
  • 1964: Queen Shauna Humphrey
  • 1965: Queen Debbie Ankrom
  • 1966: Queen Pat Dawley
  • 1967: Queen Janet Collins
  • 1968: Queen Peggy Mayo
  • 1969: Queen Vivian Sheets
  • 1970: Queen Vanessa Hatfield
  • 1971: Queen Cheryl Miller
  • 1972: Queen Kathy Uland
  • 1973: Queen Kimberly Timberlake
  • 1974: Queen Laurie May
  • 1975: Queen Salley Schlegler
  • 1976: Queen Cindy Gifford
  • 1977: Queen Karen Cochran
  • 1978: Queen Carol Moore
  • 1979: Queen Mary Kay Marshall
  • 1980: Queen Mona Southern
  • 1981: Queen Deidre Vancamp
  • 1982: Queen Brenda Myers
  • 1983: Queen Stephanie Timbrook
  • 1984: Queen Sandy Haddox
  • 1985: Queen Shonna Thompson
  • 1986: Queen Rhonda Lambert
  • 1987: Queen Lorie Hendrickson
  • 1988: Queen Christina Brunning
  • 1989: Queen Dierdre Conley
  • 1990: Queen Tara Harrison
  • 1991: Queen Dawnaka Overly
  • 1992: Queen Carrie Bialy
  • 1993: Queen Sabrina Miller
  • 1994: Queen Leah Coey
  • 1995: Queen Jaymie Hoops
  • 1996: Queen Lindsey Logan
  • 1997: Queen Tia Marie Jean
  • 1998: Queen Shannon Stowers
  • 1999: Queen Courtney Vickers
  • 2000: Queen Makiah Maxson
  • 2001: Queen Kacy Walton
  • 2002: Queen Katy Ankrom
  • 2003: Queen MaLeah Thornton
  • 2004: Queen Samantha Vinkovich
  • 2005: Queen Courtney Congrove
  • 2006: Queen Kristen Walters

[edit] The Spring Hope National Pumpkin Festival, 1971-2006: Miss Pumpkin Queens

  • 1993: Little Miss Pumpkin Queen Morgan Murray
  • 1993: Queen Dana Wallace
  • 2001: Queen Anna Hopkins
  • 2002: Queen Ashyln Gardner
  • 2003: Queen Ginger Warren
  • 2004: Queen Dana Shelton
  • 2005: Queen Heather Brantley
  • 2006: Queen Laura Brantley

[edit] The West Virginia Pumpkin Festival, 1985-2006: West Virginia Pumpkin Festival Queens

  • 2005: Queen Jennifer Gooch
  • 2006: Queen Bethany Christian

[edit] Tioga Pumpkin Festival, 2006: Tioga Pumpkin Festival Queens

  • 2006: Queen Nicole Ink

[edit] See also

[edit] External links and references

Confluence PumpkinFest

Huntsburg Pumpkin Festival

Great Pumpkin Festival and Weigh Off

The Barnesville Pumpkin Festival

The Bradford Pumpkin Show

The Circleville Pumpkin Show

The Spring Hope National Pumpkin Festival

The West Virginia Pumpkin Festival

Tioga Pumpkin Festival

Various

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