Pumpkin queen

A pumpkin queen may be either a fictional character or a real person associated with a variety of beauty contests held in North America.

A fictional pumpkin queen serves as the basis (and title character!) of a webisode (Episode #6: "Curse of the Pumpkin Queen") that can be seen online at [http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.justlaugh.com/online/special/tako/DFL01_06s.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.justlaugh.com/online/special/tako/index.php&h=68&w=120&sz=12&hl=en&sig2=9eDQCT21IE3KKFhpO7fegA&start=150&tbnid=3PueREEuBWAF8M:&tbnh=50&tbnw=88&ei=IAWaRdXZK6aiaLCfsIgB&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpumpkin%2Bqueen%26start%3D144%26ndsp%3D18%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN 8Legged Entertainment.] "The Great Queen Pumpkin" served as a major character in the film "Curse of Halloween". [ [http://uselldvd.com/Releases_Page_6.html CURSE OF HALLOWEEN] ] In "R. L. Stine's Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It", "Priscilla is crowned Pumpkin Queen." [ [http://www.dvdtown.com/reviews/rl-stines-the-haunting-hour-dont-think-about-it/5109 DVD review of R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It] ] Recently, Marlane Kennedy published the book "Me and the Pumpkin Queen". [ [http://classof2k7.com/authors/marlane_kennedy.php Marlane Kennedy Book: "Me and the Pumpkin Queen"] ] [ [http://www.bookloons.com/cgi-bin/Review.asp?bookid=8293 Review of "Me and the Pumpkin Queen"] ] [ [http://www.bookpage.com/0707bp/children/summer_reading_roundup.html Review of "Me and the Pumpkin Queen"] ]

A longer-standing tradition of more than a half dozen pumpkin shows and festivals in various American states are pageants to determine the show or festival's Pumpkin Queen. While this tradition goes back to at least the 1930s, usage of the title "Pumpkin Queen" has increased dramatically after 2000. Or|date=January 2008 Many of these shows and festivals have attendance figures in at least the tens and in some cases hundreds of thousands, a number of who come to see the crowning of the show or festival's new "Queen." Fact|date=January 2008 These ladies usually also participate in some kind of major parade associated with their respective festival or show. Pumpkin Queens from the more prominent shows and festivals also attend other food festivals and parades in their states while serving as representatives of their respective pumpkin festival or show. These ladies also receive a good deal of local and in some cases regional media attention and are representative of a well-established autumnal tradition in North America and possibly elsewhere. Information and products associated with the many pumpkin queens have appeared throughout the world wide web and even on such prominent sites as eBay.Fact|date=January 2008

Major Festivals and Shows

The Circleville Pumpkin Show, the oldest and arguably most prestigious pumpkin show with some kind of a Miss Pumpkin Show contest, has existed from 1903 through 2007. [ [http://money.cnn.com/2002/08/15/pf/saving/travel/falldrives_pumpkins/ America's Pumpkin Festivals - Aug. 15, 2002] ] [ [http://www.circlevillerotary.org/Queen.jpgCourtney Congrove, Miss Pumpkin] ] [Houts, Kelli. "Pumpkin show hits century mark," "The Lantern" (Thursday, October 19, 2006): Arts 9.] [ [http://www.pumpkinshow.com The Circleville Pumpkin Show] ] Other notable pumpkin shows and festivals featuring contests in which winners can become pumpkin queens include Confluence PumpkinFest (2003-2006), [ [http://www.confluencepumpkinfest.org/index.html PumpkinFest-“A fall foliage celebration”/The Official PumpkinFest Web Site] ] [ [http://www.confluencepumpkinfest.org/photos2.html PumpkinFest-“A fall foliage celebration”/The Official PumpkinFest Web Site] ] Danbury Pumpkin Harvest (1966), [ [http://cgi.ebay.com/Pumpkin-Harvest-Queen-Danbury-Old-photo-1966_W0QQitemZ110072972234QQihZ001QQcategoryZ14279QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem eBay: Pumpkin Harvest Queen? Danbury Old photo 1966] ] Huntsburg Pumpkin Festival, 2006: Huntsburg Pumpkin Festival Queens [ [http://www.geaugalink.com/events/Pumpkinfest/hpf06.htm Huntsburg Pumpkin Festival] ] [ [http://www.weeklyvillager.com/Pumpkin_Fest.htm The Burton Middlefield Villager] ] The Barnesville Pumpkin Festival (1964-2006), [ [http://www.flickr.com/photos/naladahc/sets/72157594298147873/ Barnesville Ohio Pumpkin Festival - a photoset on Flickr] ] [ [http://www.flickr.com/photos/gigamatt/sets/72157594299123447/ bpf - barnesville pumpkin festival 2006] ] [ [http://www.barnesvillepumpkinfestival.com/Princess%20Mini%20Miss%20and%20Queen.jpghttp--www.barnesvillepumpkinfestival.com-Princess Mini Miss and Queen.jpg] ] [ [http://ohiosmalltownmuseum.org/4thpictures/index.html JSviewer Photo Gallery] ] [ [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cocoon/legacies/OH/200003451.html Ohio: Barnesville Pumpkin Festival (Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots - Library of Congress] ] [ [http://pumpkinfestival.8k.com/ Ohio Pumpkin Festival - Home Page] ] [ [http://www.barnesvillepumpkinfestival.com/Default.htm The Barnesville Pumpkin Festival] ] The Bradford Pumpkin Show (-2006), [ [http://arenspub.mycapture.com/mycapture/folder.asp?event=183225 Contact - Arens Publications] ] [ [http://www.bradfordpumpkinshow.com/index.html The Bradford Pumpkin Show] ] The Halloween Pumpkin Princess Tea and Pageant (1965-2007), [ [http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071019/NEWS01/710190342/1002/NEWS01 43rd Pumpkin Queen crowned at pageant] ] The Spring Hope National Pumpkin Festival (1971-2006), [ [http://www.springhope-nc.com/html/pumpkin_festival.html Pumpkin Festival] ] [ [http://www.springhopeenterprise.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=102&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=855&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1379&hn=springhopeenterprise&he=.com Spring Hope Enterprise, Spring Hope, Spring Hope newspaper] ] [ [http://www.springhopeenterprise.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=102&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=856&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1379&hn=springhopeenterprise&he=.com Spring Hope Enterprise, Spring Hope, Spring Hope newspaper] ] The Versailles Pumpkin Show (1902-2005), [ [http://www.eclecticvideo.com/pumpkinshow/ Versailles Pumpkin Show -Versailles, IN] ] The West Virginia Pumpkin Festival (1985-2006), [ [http://www.putnampost.com/ Putnam Post Newspaper Home Page] ] [ [http://www.wvpumpkinpark.com/pf-index.asp The West Virginia Pumpkin Festival] ] and Tioga Pumpkin Festival (2006). [ [http://www.eveningtimes.com/articles/2006/09/30/news/news1.txt Sayre, PA, Morning Times - News] ]

ee also

*Beauty contest
*Circleville Pumpkin Show
*pumpkin
*Pumpkin Fest
*Sally

References

External links

* [http://members.aol.com/TNpumpkin/fest.html Pumpkin Festival Homepage (www.AllardtPumpkinFestival.com)]
* [http://www.wflq.com/2004PumpkinFest.html 2005 Orange County Pumpkin Festival]
* [http://www.gupga.com/1997.htm Newsletter]
* [http://www.rlc.dcccd.edu/human/photo/PhotoImaging/03Fedele.htm The Pumpkin Queen]