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Rice
Festival
Queens
Matagorda County, Texas
1941 - 2010
Jeanette Williams - 1949 at right
Courtesy of Jeanette Williams Angelo
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1941 - Aubin Cox
1942-1945 - Rice
Festival Postponed during WWII
1946 - Barbara Morrow
1947 - Doris Lee Guffey
1948 - Barbara Borel
1949 - Jeanette Williams
1950 - Brenda Sommerlatte
1951 - Mary Lipscomb
1952 - June Teykl
1953 - Betty Murphy
1954 - Vanita Davenport
1955 - Janice Ellis
1956 - Nancy Broussard
1957 - Norma Jean Meinke
1958 - Patty Ellerkamp
1959 - Donna Gayle Williams
1960 - Connie Cole
1961 - Connie Cole
(retained title - Rice Festival
cancelled due to Hurricane Carla)
1962 - Pat Simpson
1963 - Rita Cotton
1964 - Ann Rice
1965 - Dale Coe
1966 - Eva Anne Stell
1967 - Betty Bess
1968 - Lynda Kaye Williams
1969 - Vicki Kay Rye
1970 - Cantille Dowden
1971 - Nancy Skorpa
1972 - Susan Kelly
1973 - Mary Leigh Orr
1974 - Andrea Baker
1975 - Julia Diane Rod
1976 - Cheryl Chaney
1977 - Natalie Raye Seiferman
1978 - Kimberly Gerdes
1979 - Panda Turner
1980 - Teresa Schroeder
1981 - Michele McAlister
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1982 - Connie Baker
1983 - Kelly Korenek
1984 - Laura Keyes
1985 - Yolanda Littleton
1986 - Susan Leigh Davis
1987 - Lisa Ann Damuth
1988 - Candy Good
1989 - Erika Rejeck
1990 - Stacy Lynn Lindsey
1991 - Rachel Damerall
1992 - Michelle Garcia
1993 - Michelle Kunz
1994 - Amie Gilkey
1995 - Lori Barton
1996 - Pamela Garza
1997 - Allyson Pollard
1998 - Rauisha Varail Smith
1999 - Kristi Olbrich
2000 - Taelor Swaney
2001 - Kari Bottke
2002 - Kathryn Cornelius
2003 - Melissa May
2004 - Cassy Aguilar
2005 - Meredith Mueck
2006 - Kari Murphree
2007 - Amy Sue Powell
2008 - Kaitlin Brangan
2009 - Victoria Felton
2010 - Christina Humphries
2011 - Chazmin
Franklin
2012 - Danielle Thomas
2013 - Dakota Bramble
2014 - Hunter Hutson
2015 - Graci Huddleston
2016 - Kaylise Irizarry
2017 - Autumn Atkins
2018 - Madison Garay
2019 - Baylee Wallace
2020 - Katelyn Stone
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Bay City Tribune,
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
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Patti Ellerkamp - 1958
Photo courtesy of Matagorda County Museum
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Lynda Kaye Williams - 1968 |
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2015
Casey Kile, Bay City Tribune, October 14,
2015
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Former Rice Queens
Hunter Hutson, Danielle Thomas, Christina Humphries, Victoria
Felton, Amy Powell, Kari Heard, Kari Reyes, Raquisha Smith
Michele Zahn, Vicki Heard, Eva Malina, Timothy Sloan standing in for
Janis Ellis. Not pictured, Lori Barton.
Bay City Tribune, October 14, 2015
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2016
Courtesy of the Bay City Sentinel, October
6, 2016
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Courtesy of Bay City Sentinel, October 19,
2017
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2018 Rice Queen and Court
l to r, 1st runner-up Hannah Sliva, 2nd runner-up
Mykayla Gibson, Queen Madison Garay,
3rd runner-up Madison Simons and 4th runner-up Caddidy Perrin
Courtesy of Bay City Sentinel, October 4, 2018
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2019 Rice Queen and Court
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Above, Baylee Wallace was crowned the
Rice Festival Queen for 2019-2020 Saturday, Sept. 28.
Wallace, center, gets a little help getting her official
finery in place from retiring Queen Madison
Garay and pageant organizer Rachel Ricks. Below, Wallace
left, is joined by her court: (from left)
1st runner-up Alex Jones, 2nd runner-up Gabrielle
Montoya, 3rd runner-up Melody Yates and 4th
runner-up Jazmine Harris.
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2020 Rice Queen and Court
Bay City Sentinel, January 14, 2021
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Early Matagorda County Rice Irrigation
Matagorda County Rice Industry
Matagorda County Rice History in Pictures
Matagorda County African-American Rice Farmers
Second Annual Rice Carnival - August 20, 1902
Outstanding Rice Farmers of the Year - 1954-2011
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