[vpintheak]

What are these things that happened prior? That would be relevant, wouldn’t it?

[Meatspace]

That’s not how one treats Miss Winnebago County.

[Fiji Hill]

So she’s being punished for joining the military? Illinois may be a blue state, but one wouldn’t expect the world of agricultural expositions to be a hotbed of anti-American leftism.

[BigEdLB]

Alexi Bladel. Probably more in trouble because she’s pretty and blonde. Not guilty.

[datura]

That really isn’t fair....

[SES1066]

According to the IAAF board of directors, Bladel will be able to keep her title, but will not be able to participate in the Miss Illinois County Fair Pageant coming up in January, to crown the 2020 Fair Queen.

Something else is going I think but with Illinois, I assume Chicago values!

[bunkerhill7]

Farmers Against Unfair Fairs

[stylin19a]

From the article:

In a letter dated September 25th, Queen Pageant Director Cathy Redshaw attributed the Board’s action to “recognition of the challenges you have had, and will have, in meeting the terms and conditions of the Miss Illinois County Fair Queen Contract.”

According to the IAAF board of directors, Bladel will be able to keep her title, but will not be able to participate in the Miss Illinois County Fair Pageant coming up in January, to crown the 2020 Fair Queen.

sure seems like it's because she enlisted...