Lake County Fair Announces Queens

    Four young ladies were selected on Saturday to serve as ambassadors for next year's Lake County Fair. The annual fair queen pageant, held this year at the First Baptist Church of Umatilla, featured a variety of opportunities for judges to work with entrants, including interviews, stage presence, and question-and-answer sessions.
    In the end, Umatilla High School student Michaela Melchiorre was selected as Lake County Fair Queen, and will spend much of the coming year helping promote the 2023 Lake County Fair. Emily Show, Chloie Sebree, and Ella Ashcraft were all selected to be members of the queen’s court, and will join Melchiorre in promoting the fair.
    Saturday’s event was emceed by Miranda Muir of the City of Eustis, and judges included the fair’s ambassador ‘Ferris Wheeler’, as well as Eustis Area Chamber of Commerce representatives Tami Roundtree and Leah Fischer.