The first week in June is home to the Miss Rodeo New Mexico Pageant and the Clovis Pioneer Days PRCA Rodeo. During this week, numerous young women from across the state bring their “game faces” and great attitudes to compete in the Miss Rodeo New Mexico, Miss Rodeo New Mexico-Teen, Miss Rodeo New Mexico Princess, and Little Miss Rodeo New Mexico Pageants, respectively. The age of the contests range from 25 years of age all the way down to 7 years of age and all must give a speech, model, answer impromptu questions, personal interview and showcase their horsemanship. However, the difficulty of each will progress with their age. This year we had seven young ladies combined in all the age groups competing, and what a great job they all did! Along with the MRNM Pageant, the PRCA rodeo had nightly performances for us girls to attend! And I’ll be the first one to tell you that it got a little western, but we’ll let the pictures tell the story!
Miss Rodeo America, Meagan Ridely was fortunate enough to come to eastern New Mexico, but on the downside Meagan didn’t bring her driving skills! As we cruised around ‘downtown’ Clovis, the roads have quite a few dips and I suppose in California, where she is from, that dips in the road are different from those in Clovis. Meagan was driving Joe’s Boot Shop 1970’s model 6-door Cadillac with a one-horse bumper pull, at 30 or so MPH, and hit this dip. As I look to the horse trailer behind us, it was mid-air! Meagan was extremely apologetic as we pulled over to the curb to check any damage that may had occurred, but thankfully everything was fine. Though Meagan’s California driving didn’t kill us, the dance routine that my coordinator put together left us wondering if we didn’t break something when we were rehearsing! Our western heritage didn’t help us find the rhythm, but the crowd applauded our efforts! I was extremely blessed to have some of my closest friends with me during the celebration, Miss Rodeo Alabama Victoria Jeffcoat, Miss Rodeo Arizona Taryn Brady, Miss Turquoise Circuit Audrey Hall, Miss Rodeo America Meagan Ridley and not to mention all the local royalty, Little Miss Rodeo New Mexico Sydney Sanchez, Miss Rodeo New Mexico Princess Gabby Baker, Miss Rodeo New Mexico Teen Shadoe Petty, and Pioneer Days Queen Kassi Shelko. So take a look at what we caught on camera and see just how much fun we had!
Miss Rodeo America, Meagan Ridely was fortunate enough to come to eastern New Mexico, but on the downside Meagan didn’t bring her driving skills! As we cruised around ‘downtown’ Clovis, the roads have quite a few dips and I suppose in California, where she is from, that dips in the road are different from those in Clovis. Meagan was driving Joe’s Boot Shop 1970’s model 6-door Cadillac with a one-horse bumper pull, at 30 or so MPH, and hit this dip. As I look to the horse trailer behind us, it was mid-air! Meagan was extremely apologetic as we pulled over to the curb to check any damage that may had occurred, but thankfully everything was fine. Though Meagan’s California driving didn’t kill us, the dance routine that my coordinator put together left us wondering if we didn’t break something when we were rehearsing! Our western heritage didn’t help us find the rhythm, but the crowd applauded our efforts! I was extremely blessed to have some of my closest friends with me during the celebration, Miss Rodeo Alabama Victoria Jeffcoat, Miss Rodeo Arizona Taryn Brady, Miss Turquoise Circuit Audrey Hall, Miss Rodeo America Meagan Ridley and not to mention all the local royalty, Little Miss Rodeo New Mexico Sydney Sanchez, Miss Rodeo New Mexico Princess Gabby Baker, Miss Rodeo New Mexico Teen Shadoe Petty, and Pioneer Days Queen Kassi Shelko. So take a look at what we caught on camera and see just how much fun we had!
We call ourselves the Queenie Weenies!
Jammin' out to some Good Ol Rock-N-Roll!!
Miss Rodeo New Mexico 2010, Kelly Horton. Congratualtions Kelly and best of luck this upcoming year!!
The many 'hats' worn by queens, wait I don't even know who these people are!
Tah-dah!*cricket*cricket*
I must say that was a great display of dance moves, but I feel the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders definitely know something we don't about perfomance! 
Well, we had to have a Kit-Kat break, before we hit the road!
We had to stop and pick up the "queen transporter"....
...if you could only imagine Meagan behind the wheel! We must have been headed to find some good ol New Mexican sopapillas?
Just two cowgirls enjoying the rodeo!!!
As Ricky Bobby says, " I wanna go fast!"
From all of us in Clovis, Happy Trails!
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