Alyssa Smith, Miss Bridge Day; Emma Luikart, WV Chocolate Festival Queen; Taylor Miller, Putnam County Fair Queen; Kinley Hayhurst, Miss Yuletide in the Park; Chloe Armentrout, Hurricane Independence Day Queen; Autumn Wooding, Miss WV Cupcake Festival.

The West Virginia Association of Fairs and Festivals pageant is the premier statewide beauty event because every participant is a 2023 winner of a West Virginia fair or festival.

Four of the 71 contestants promoted Putnam County events —…