“I was blessed with the title of my dreams”

Shelbi McClay Rials shares memories of two-year reign as Queen Cotton LXVI
  • Queen Cotton LXVI Shelbi McClay Rials
    Queen Cotton LXVI Shelbi McClay Rials
Cotton Queen LXVI Shelbi McClay Rials’ path to the Cotton Queen title did not begin smoothly. As she recalls, “The day I won, I had some issues arise: I got a speeding ticket on my way to Ville Platte and I left all of my study materials for the interview in Natchitoches.” As if that wasn’t enough, she adds, “My eye, the morning of the pageant, decided to swell and get really watery so I could…

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