Meeker County Dairy Princess Named 68th Princess Kay of the Milky Way

(KNSI) – A young woman from Litchfield has been crowned the 68th Princess Kay of the Milky Way.

19-year-old Anna Euerle was the Meeker County Dairy Princess and for the next year will serve as an ambassador for Minnesota’s dairy industry, representing 2,500 dairy farm families. For the next year, the Ridgewater College student will regularly make appearances in classrooms and via speaking engagements educating the public about dairy and the dairy industry.

Euerle’s first official duty as Princess Kay will be to sit in a rotating cooler to have her likeness carved in butter by Linda Christenson. Christenson has been doing the dairy princess carvings at the Minnesota State Fair for the last 50 years. 2021 will be her final year, and Euerle will be her final carving. The other nine young women, including Stearns County Dairy Princess Jessica Ohmann of Albany, will be carved by Christenson’s successor, Gary Kulzer.

According to a press release from Midwest Dairy, Princess Kay candidates are judged on their general dairy industry knowledge, communication skills, and enthusiasm for dairy. Midwest Dairy sponsors the Princess Kay program, which dairy farmers fund through their promotion checkoff.

The coronation took place Wednesday night at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds.

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