Chloe Brook Childers, the 18-year-old daughter of Brook Vidrine of Washington, was crowned as the 41st annual Boggy Bayou Festival Queen during pageant festivities held Saturday evening, March 14, at the Sherman Place Event Venue in Crooked Creek. In the top photo, the evening’s winners gathered for a festival royalty photo. From left, they are Deb Miss Boggy Bayou Vivian Joubert, the 10-year-old daughter of Shannon and Brandy Joubert of St. Landry; Teen Miss Boggy Bayou Emma Grace Wiltz, the 16-year-old daughter of Alex and Krystal Wiltz of DeRidder; Childers; Ms. Boggy Bayou Kristy Cole of Leesville; and Jr. Miss Boggy Bayou Lyla Cormier, the 12-year-old daughter of Jeremy and Donna Cormier of Jennings. In the bottom left photo, Boggy Bayou Festival Board President Andy Carson places the crown on an emotional Childers’ head. See story and more photos from the pageant in the Sunday, March 22, edition of the Ville Platte Gazette. (Gazette photos by Heather Bogard)
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