{"id":341885,"date":"2026-09-09T15:36:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T15:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/341885\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T15:36:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T15:36:52","slug":"newcomer-tarrant-named-county-fair-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/341885\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcomer Tarrant named County Fair queen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In her first competition of any kind, Eleri Tarrant surprised even herself Sept. 2 when she was named the 2026 Kendall County Fair Queen.<\/p>\n<p>The final call came down to Tarrant and Courtney Curry, who were gathered on center stage in the Kendall Count Fair pavilion.<\/p>\n<p>When the 2026 County Fair Princess title was called for Curry, Tarrant became the queen, and the two embraced at the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was so nervous, but I\u2019m so grateful for this opportunity,\u201d Tarrant said just minutes after receiving her crown, sash and flowers. \u201cI\u2019m so grateful that the judges saw something in me that, I\u2019m going to be honest, I didn\u2019t see in myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A sophomore at Boerne Champion High School, Tarrant is involved in theater, the floral design courses, and is the Champion Charms dance and drill team manager.<\/p>\n<p>She is also a member of Future Farmers of America.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love theater, it\u2019s one of my most favorite things to do,\u201d Tarrant said.<\/p>\n<p>She said she owes the decision to run for a spot on the fair court to her family, which promised and delivered their support during the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey always have my back, no matter what,\u201d the queen said. \u201cI\u2019m so excited for this coming year and I\u2019m so excited to serve my community with everything.\u201d In addition to Tarrant and Curry, rounding out the County Fair Queen\u2019s Court are Duchess Trinitee Smith, Junior Miss Paisley Arreola and Little Miss Presley Arreola.<\/p>\n<p>2025 Fair Queen Makenna Jureczki ended her reign last Thursday by placing the crown on Tarrant\u2019s head.<\/p>\n<p>Jureczki became the first Kendall County Fair queen ever to have also been a princess, junior miss and little miss.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ar00114009.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Eleri Tarrant waves while being introduced to Kendall County Fair Queen\u2019s Court contest attendees Sept. 2 in the county fair pavilion. Star photos by Jeff B. Flinn<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ar00114010.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Kendall County Fair Queen\u2019s Court members are Junior Miss Paisley Arreola, left, Duchess Trinitee Smith, Queen Eleri Tarrant, Princess Courtney Curry, and Little Miss Presley Arreola.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In her first competition of any kind, Eleri Tarrant surprised even herself Sept. 2 when she was named&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341886,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-341885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}