(KNSI) — Megan Ratka of Cold Spring was a runner up, but it was 19-year-old Emma Kuball of Waterville who was crowned the 70th Princess Kay of the Milky Way Wednesday night at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds.
Kuball represents Rice County and will serve as the official goodwill ambassador for the state’s dairy industry.
Makenzie Alberts of Pine County, Kuball and Ratka were also named scholarship winners. Gracie Ash of Milaca, representing Mille Lacs County, was named Miss Congeniality.
Kuball’s first official duty as Princess Kay will be to sit in a rotating cooler in the Dairy Building to have her likeness sculpted in a 90 pound block of butter. Minnesota artist and butter sculptor Gerry Kulzer will carve Princess Kay and the finalists.
Ratka’s carving day is Sunday, August 27th. Katherine Hills of Monticello, representing Wright County, will be carved on Wednesday, August 30th.
Midwest Dairy sponsors the Princess Kay program, funded by dairy farmers through their promotion checkoff.
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