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Author: George Harlow

Island Carnival Queen of Queens

Monday, 11th May, 2009 at 11:02 am, Isle of Wight

Competitions, Ventnor, Ventnor Carnival

Island Carnival Queen of QueensThe Winter Gardens in Ventnor overflowed with silk, chiffon and curls on Friday (8th May) as the Queens from Carnivals Islandwide competed for the coveted title of “Queen of Queens”.

This year it was Ventnor’s turn to host the event and the compere for the evening was Susan Goulding from Ventnor’s Carnival Association.

Such was the standard of entries that the judges had to forego most of their buffet as they struggled to whittle down the competitors to find the winners.

In order to be impartial contestants were identified only by number and on the night it was Sandown’s entrants who made a clean sweep winning both the junior and senior titles.

Junior title winner was Emily Abbott and senior Queen of Queens was Amy Wright. The Sandown carnival was presented with two new trophies named in honour of Carnival stalwart Brenda Lawson, who passed away on the morning of Ventnor’s main Carnival in August 2008.

The winning girls were presented with a cup for them to keep and a “Queen of Queen” sash. Sandown will face a strong opposition next year when it will be their turn to host the event and fend off challengers for the title. Judges on the night were Ventnor Town Mayoress, Susan Scoccia, Ventnor Councillor Robbie Mew with his wife Joan, and County Councillor George Cameron.

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2 Responses to “Island Carnival Queen of Queens”

  1. Click if you like this comment seb     says:
    20, May 2009 at 1:26 pm

    as always, girls get all the fun!

    i think i’ll travel to sticker in cornwall which is more than willing to let cross-dressers such as seb compete for the great accolade of becoming a carnival queen!

    STICKER will be crowning a male carnival queen for the first time ever this year.

    Carnival organisers considered opening up the regal role to men in drag after a lack of female applicants for the post.

    Following an article in last week’s St Austell Voice, two ladies have approached carnival organisers about taking on the role of queen.

    However, the idea of a male carnival queen has proved so popular that organisers have decided that Sticker’s 2009 carnival will have both a traditional carnival queen and a drag queen…

    http://www.staustellvoice.co.uk/news/73/article/2599/

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  2. Click if you like this comment caitlyn     says:
    26, May 2009 at 10:45 am

    emily is my best friend and she has done well!!

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