Miss Montague Ashleigh Dickson was chosen 2023 Queen of the Fair in a pageant Saturday, Aug. 5. (Photos by Sammie Finch)
2022 Queen of the Fair Jolisse Gray of Byram crowns Ashleigh Dickson.
From left are 2023 Queen of the Fair Ashleigh Dickson; Miss Hardyston Kayla Van Ginneken, who won the People’s Choice Award; first runner-up Miss Wantage Mackenzie Baker; and second runner-up Miss Lafayette Amelya Race.
From left are the pageant finalists Miss Hampton Kaitlyn Horn, Miss Montague Ashleigh Dickson, Miss Lafayette Amelya Race, Miss Wantage Mackenzie Baker, Miss Stillwater Delaney Burke and Miss Franklin Chrystine Rodriguez-Mowles.
From left are first runner-up Miss Wantage Mackenzie Baker, 2023 Queen of the Fair Ashleigh Dickson, second runner-up Miss Lafayette Amelya Race and Miss Hardyston Kayla Van Ginneken, who won the People’s Choice Award.
Queen of the Fair Ashleigh Dickson, left, and her Court pose in the carriage after the pageant.
Miss Montague Ashleigh Dickson is escorted during the pagent.
Miss Montague Ashleigh Dickson was chosen Queen of the Fair 2023 on Saturday, Aug. 5 during the second evening of the New Jersey State Fair-Sussex County Farm & Horse Show.
The first runner-up was Miss Wantage Mackenzie Baker and the second runner-up was Miss Lafayette Amelya Race.
The 19 contestants were narrowed to six, including Miss Franklin Chrystine Rodriguez-Mowles, Miss Hampton Kaitlyn Horn and Miss Stillwater Delaney Burke.
Miss Hardyston Kayla Van Ginneken won the People’s Choice Award.
Dickson is a recent graduate of Sussex County Technical High School. She plans to attend Sussex County Community College in the fall, studying agribusiness.
She works as a sheep shearer and is a member of the Montague Volunteer Fire Department.
