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(Photo Courtesy of Ohio Fair Managers Association/2022 Miss Ohio State Fair Maya Kidd

(UPDATE)- Butler County’s Maya Kidd is the Miss Ohio State Fair Queen for 2022, after being crowned at the Ohio Fair Managers Association Annual Meeting Saturday.

Gretchen Search, Ross County’s 2021 Junior Fair Queen is 4th Runner-Up.

Search was selected as a top five finalist earlier this week, representing the Ross County Fair and Bubble Gum Gang 4-H Club.

(Photo courtesy of Ohio Fair Managers Association: R-L Gallia County Erin Pope- Butler County Maya Kidd- Stark County Annabelle Ehmer – Ross County Gretchen Search – Mercer County Nicole Fennig- 2021 Miss Ohio State Fair)

(Photo Courtesy of Kelley Dunkle-Detillion: Miss Ohio State Fair Queen Finalists/Gretchen Search 2nd from right)

After Grechen’s being named a Top 5 Finalist, her former 4-H Advisor Kelley Dunkle-Detillion had this to say on her Facebook page; “(I am) beyond honored to have been one of her Advisors over the past several years. Gretchen has always been a leader, she does the right things when nobody is watching, she is always willing to help a fellow member & has achieved numerous awards through 4-H. Gretchen has devoted hundreds of hours as a camp counselor at 4-H camp, as a Jr. Leader & serving as a Jr. Fairboard Member. She has worked extremely hard and her hard work has paid off. It is time to own it!”

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Gretchen Search- 2021 Ross County Fair Queen

The Ross County Fair is in full swing, with the first official full day concluding with the selection of the 2021 Junior Fair Queen and King Court.

Gretchen Search is this year’s Queen, with attendants being:
1st- Meredith Robinson
2nd- Stella Jones
3rd- Brooklyn Rittinger
4th- Ruth Beery

The King is Cannon Stoneburner, with his attendants being:
1st- Gabe Lynch
2nd- Carter Hill

A familiar fixture to the Ross County Fair Queen and King Contest over the last 40 years is Todd Holdren, who announced this was his final year to serve as the emcee.

See our interviews with Gretchen Search, Cannon Stoneburner and Todd Holdren below…

The “Friends of 4-H” were also honored during the contest, with the 2020 winner also being announced due to last year’s COVID restrictions cutting out some of the honors.

The 2020 Friend of 4-H is Adena Health System, while the 2021 honor went to the “late” Phil Hurtt, who served for many years with Ross County 4-H. Hurtt passed away several weeks ago. He was also honored with the rarely awarded Junior Friend of 4-H.