Cotton queen pageant opens up for the state, adds senior category
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The Alabama Cotton Queen Pageant will be on Oct. 7. This year it is open to the state and not just Elmore County.

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Where there’s the cotton festival, there’s also the cotton queen. 

This year marks 30 years for the cotton festival as well as the cotton queen pageant. The cotton queen pageant has age groups running from 0-2, 2-4 and it progresses up to 17-year-old high schoolers.  

Abigail Murphy is a multimedia reporter for Tallapoosa Publishers, Inc. To contact Abigail Murphy, email abigail.murphy@alexcityoutlook.com.