the Warren County Prime Beef Festival
2021 will mark the 72nd Annual Warren County Prime Beef Festival, a long-time Labor Day tradition for many Monmouth locals.
every year our festivities kick off with the Prime Beef Festival Princess Pageant. Contestants have an interview, a pop question, perform a talent, and even get to take part in a group dance! Our Pageant Director is Mackenzie Schleich.
- 1976 – Diane Meyer (Carver)
- 1977 – Michelle Farwell (Reyburn)
- 1978 – Joy Galusha (Miller)
- 1979 – Debbie Olson
- 1980 – Mary Neill (Schuytema)
- 1981 – Laura Cavanaugh (Smith)
- 1982 – Terri Saddoris (Menke)
- 1983 – Becky Root (Lanciloti)
- 1984 – Nancy James (Devinney)
- 1985 – Jennie Johnson (Hamann)
- 1986 – Katie James (Dengler)
- 1987 – Pam Allen (Gring)
- 1988 – Mindy Law (Bycroft)
- 1989 – Teresa Welch (Roberts)
- 1990 – Elizabeth Olson (Krempasky)
- 1991 – Shannon Killey (Hogg)
- 1992 – Tina Pierce (Erickson)
- 1993 – Meghan Schar (Grandone)
- 1994 – Lucy Jane Kellogg (Thompson)
- 1995 – Amber Twomey (Kramer)
- 1996 – Aimie Moore
- 1997 – Kristin Robinson
- 1998 – Jacquline Flaherty (Schweighart)
- 1999 – Amber Goodwin
- 2000 – Amanda Williams
- 2001 – Emily Withenbury
- 2002 – Angelica Arteaga
- 2003 – Hallie Hottle (Dorn)
- 2004 – Stephanie Dillard (Curtis)
- 2005 – Brenna Kesinger (Potash)
- 2006 – Hannah Hottle (Cave)
- 2007 – Jayne Lovdahl (Corrigan)
- 2008 – Ellen Reeder
- 2009 – Kaitlyn Winkler (Damewood)
- 2010 – Taylor Greenstreet (Huston)
- 2011 – Ciara Marlow (Henning)
- 2012 – Mackenzie Whiteside (Schleich)
- 2013 – Chloe Larson (Rains)
- 2014 – Katie Padgett (Scott)
- 2015 – Leighton Huston
- 2016 – Sydney Killey
- 2017 – Grace Young
- 2018 – Rachel Williams
- 2019 – Madeline Blaesing
- 1949 Loxley T Eckles
- 1950 Loxley T Eckles
- 1951 Loxley T Eckles
- 1952 Olen Keister
- 1953 Robert McLoskey
- 1954 Lee Thompson
- 1955 W.H. “Bill” Wells
- 1956 Ralpoh A. Killey
- 1957 Robert D. Miller
- 1958 Howard Underwood
- 1959 Keith Trevor
- 1960 A. Lawrence Martin
- 1961 Raeburn Rehn
- 1962 Raymond Elliott
- 1963 Thomas Patton
- 1964 Davud D. Edwards
- 1965 David Turnbull
- 1966 Robert D. Martin
- 1967 Bufford W. Hottle II
- 1968 Ralph Elliott
- 1969 E.S. “Gene” McKee
- 1970 Ralph Martin
- 1971 Robert Riley
- 1972 John Jenks
- 1973 Tom Johnson
- 1974 Hugh R. McConnell
- 1975 Richard McVey
- 1976 James Tucker
- 1977 Fred Jenks
- 1978 John Moburg
- 1979 Jim Lovdahl
- 1980 Loren Conard
- 1981 Howard Scott
- 1982 Jim Kirby
- 1983 Leon Martin
- 1984 Russell Stewart
- 1985 Judy Renken
- 1986 Bill Underwood
- 1987 John Turnbull
- 1988 Bunk Flatt
- 1989 Buster Kellogg Sr.
- 1990 Ralph Walters
- 1991 Steve Hall
- 1992 Dan Elliott
- 1993 Cecil Lovdahl
- 1994 John Gillen
- 1995 Mike Pearson
- 1996 Kevin Flatt
- 1997 Jim Halcomb
- 1998 Dan Burgland
- 1999 Rick Elliott
- 2000 Wendy Todd
- 2001 Daryll Ricketts
- 2002 Curt Lovdahl
- 2003 Joe Greenstreet
- 2004 Dorothy Oaks
- 2005 Tiffany Cole
- 2006 Jeff Walters
- 2007 Andrew O’Daniel
- 2008 Chuck Talley
- 2009 P.J. Brooks
- 2010 Cory Burgland
- 2011 Jim Conard
- 2012 Don Perrin
- 2013 Trevor Davies
- 2014 Josh Oaks
- 2015 Sam Mackey
- 2016 Diana Mackey
- 2017 Russ Jensen
- 2018 Russ Jensen
- 2019 Dave Underwood
- 2020 ****
- 2021 Dave Underwood
