State Fair Queen to be Crowned This Weekend

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Published on January 15 2018 3:18 pm
Last Updated on January 16 2018 11:15 am
Written by Greg Sapp

(2017 MISS EFFINGHAM COUNTY FAIR QUEEN MARIA LUEKEN)

The Miss Illinois County Fair Queen for 2018 will be crowned this weekend.

Over 70 county fair queens will be converging on Springfield later this week. The Illinois County Fair Queen Pageant begins Thursday. Contestants will include 2017 Miss Effingham County Fair Maria Lueken.

Miss Illinois County Fair Queen will be crowned Sunday. She will reign over this year's Illinois and DuQuoin State Fairs.

This will also be the weekend for the Illinois Association of Agricultural Fairs state convention. This is the weekend when many groups line up their entertainment for this year's county fairs.

This is also the weekend for the winners in the talent contests at the various county fairs across the state to compete for the right to perfrom at this year's Illinois and DuQuoin fairs.