Miss Sheridan WYO Rodeo 2024 Pageant Underway

Next week is the Sheridan WYO Rodeo, and the search is on to see who will represent and promote next year’s event.

Contestants in the Miss Sheridan WYO Rodeo 2024 pageant met Thursday morning (July 6th) at the Sheridan County Library, to be interviewed by judges and to test their knowledge about rodeo and the Sheridan area.

Later they demonstrated their horsemanship abilities which was another part of the competition.

On Friday, beginning at 5:30 at the WYO Theater, is where the 2024 winners will be crowned.

If they pass all of the qualifications, there will be five members instead of four within the new Sheridan WYO Rodeo Royalty.

A new category, Little Miss, which is for 7-to-10 year olds, was added, along with the other categories of Junior Princess, Princess, Senior Princess and Queen.

Kerri Parr helps oversee the competition and says being a part of the royalty is a lot more than just having a pretty face and a nice pair of jeans.

“I think our rodeo royalty, because they are out in the community and they are seen at the rodeo, they have a pretty big job on their shoulders to uphold our western lifestyle and the ambassadors of not only Sheridan County, but Sheridan WYO Rodeo”

Parr adds each of the five categories for 2024 has one entrant each.

Even if there’s only one person competing for a specific crown, she doesn’t automatically get it, because contestants must score at least a 70% in various judging categories.