PORT ANGELES — Three young women will be selected Saturday evening to represent the Clallam County Fair as its 2004 royalty.
A queen and two members of her court will be chosen by judges from a panel of six contestants and announced during the royalty coronation.
The pageant is free and open to the public. It begins at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Home Arts Building at the fairgrounds, 1608 W. 16th St., Port Angeles.
This year’s fair is Aug. 19-22.
Saturday’s contestants will each give a speech and answer some questions before the three winners are announced.
The girls have already been judged on their ticket sales for a spaghetti feed and auction in late February, and for their presentations to the fair board and judges earlier this month.
The candidates are:
* Amanda Bennett, 17, a junior who is home-schooled in Port Angeles.
Bennett is the daughter of Steve and Lois Bennett and has been active in Clallam County 4-H for several years.
* Brooke Helpenstell, 16, a sophomore at Port Angeles High School and the daughter of Dan and Pam Helpenstell.
She plays and lettered in both varsity basketball and volleyball, and has shown her horse at the county fair for six years and at the 4-H state fair for three years.
* Chayna Rector, 16, a sophomore at Port Angeles High School and the daughter of Richard and Diana Rector.
She is active in symphonic choir and is a member of the International Order of Rainbow for Girls.
* Dana Wentworth, 15, a sophomore at Forks High School and the daughter of Hugh and Theresa Wentworth.
She manages the high school’s varsity volleyball team, was a 4-H camp counselor at Camp David Junior, and has shown rabbits and hedgehogs at the fair in the past nine years.
* Amy Whattam, 17, a junior at Port Angeles High School and the daughter of Dan and Brenda Crall.
She is a member of the Lighthouse Youth Group, plays violin and attends The Hair School.
* Kasey Zink, 16, a junior at Port Angeles High School and the daughter of Corky Zink and Sharon Haines-Zink.
She is an active member of 4-H and has shown cats at the fair for the past eight years.