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Rodeo Royalty
Two from Southwest Compete for Miss Rodeo America Miss Rodeo New Mexico 2021
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oryn Danley is 21 years old and hails from Tularosa. She attends New Mexico State University where she is majoring in Animal Science while barrel racing competitively. Loryn loves to rope at home with her family. She also mentors young girls as they prepare to accomplish their own goals in life. Through the title of Miss Rodeo New Mexico, Loryn kept the tradition of rodeo alive for younger generations to enjoy. She also promoted the sport of rodeo throughout the State of New Mexico and made appearances at several other rodeos across the country as New Mexico was shut down due to COVID. She looks forward to representing our great state of New Mexico at the Miss Rodeo America pageant, as well as educating the younger generation about rodeo and the wonderful world of agriculture.
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Miss Turquoise Circuit Rodeo 2021
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atie Ramos has called Flagstaff, Arizona home all 22 years of her life. Many of those years were spent in a barn working on 4-H projects, in an arena on every and any horse she could find, or working ranches with her parents. As the daughter of a nurse and a police officer Katie had large goals since day one. After an extremely successful 10 years in 4-H with multiple state and reserve championships, along with successes as a youth in the Arizona Appaloosa Association, Katie set her sights on a new goal. She reached this goal by winning the Flagstaff Pro Rodeo Queen title which motivated her to run for Miss Turquoise Circuit 2020. After winning both personality and horsemanship categories yet another goal was reached. Along with fulfilling her rodeo queen duties to inspire the future of rodeo and agriculture Katie is also a full time student in Flagstaff and works for a cutting horse trainer part time. In her free time she still enjoys going hunting, fishing, and hiking, and competing in local barrel racing jackpots. In the future she plans on transferring to New Mexico State University in the fall of 2020 and running for Miss Rodeo Arizona. Katie is very thankful for the life she has been blessed with and plans to help give back to the industries that have helped shape her into who she is today.
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Loryn Danley
The Miss Rodeo America competition started on November 29, with the winner to be crowned on December 5 Katie Ramos
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