About Us

HISTORY ⏤ In 2019, for the first time, The Bloomsburg Fair hosted a  Fair Queen. The Inaugural Bloomsburg Fair Queen competition, exclusively  sponsored by First Keystone Community Bank, was conducted under the  umbrella of the PA State Fair Queen Program and observed all rules and  regulations of that organization. Nicolette Cusate was chosen as the  first Bloomsburg Fair Queen.

In 2020, the 2nd Annual Fair Queen competition was held and Bryndil  Lei Kemler won the crown. Kemler is a graduate of Central Columbia High  School attended Penn College of Technology in their Surveying Technology  program. Although there was no fair held in September because of the  Covid pandemic, she appeared at various other functions as allowed.

In 2021, the 3rd Annual Fair Queen competition was held and Madison  Coolbaugh, of Berwick, was chosen as the Bloomsburg Fair Queen. She is a  graduate of Berwick High School and is attended Wilkes University for a  BSN in nursing and hopes to become a Life Flight nurse. She is also a  volunteer firefighter with Reliance Fire Company of Berwick.

In 2022, the 4th Annual Fair Queen competition was held. Abigail  Jerome, daughter of the Rev. Andrew Jerome and the late Michaelene  “Micki” Jerome, of Wilkes-Barre, was crowned the Bloomsburg Fair Queen  during judging and coronation held at the fairgrounds that June. She  represented the Bloomsburg Fair at community events and visits to other  fairs throughout the state and Jerome went on to compete at the state  fair queen competition in January 2023, as Bloomsburg’s fourth Fair  Queen. The 2023 state fair queen contest, sponsored by the Pennsylvania  State Association of County Fairs (PSACF) at the Pennsylvania Fairs  & Showmen Convention held in Hershey, PA on January 21, 2023, was  held and Abigail was crowned Miss Congeniality, bringing a state title  home to Bloomsburg for the first time.

In June 2023, the 5th annual Bloomsburg Fair Queen competition took  place and the 2022 Bloomsburg Fair Queen Alternate, Kylie Kingston, of  Bloomsburg, was crowned queen, beginning her reign for the current year.  Lillian Whitenight, of Benton, was crowned alternate queen.

In June 2024, the 6th annual Bloomsburg Fair Queen competition was  held and Alyssa Bergenstock, of Danville, was crowned queen. Kadence  Rhone, of Orangeville, was crowned alternate queen.