Search still open for La. Shrimp and Petroleum Festival maid applicants

The search continues for area young women to vie for the title of Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival queen.
The Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival and Fair Association, and the Past Queen’s Club have announced a search of that special young woman to carry on the tradition of representing the oldest state-chartered harvest festival.
The young woman will be a goodwill ambassador for the Tri-City area and will represent the 87th festival.
The 87th coronation and ball will be held at 7 p.m. Aug. 27 in the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium.
Some of the requirements are:
—All candidates must be at least 18 years old and not more than 23 by Jan. 1, 2023.
—Candidates and their parents shall be residents of east St. Mary Parish or lower St. Martin and Assumption parishes.
—Each candidate should have attended at least their junior and senior year in an east St. Mary Parish high school.
—Candidates shall be high school graduates by not less than one year, shall never have been married, pregnant or given birth to a child. The queen must remain single during her reign. In the event the queen should marry or something may cause her not to be able to represent the festival, the festival shall consider the crown vacated and all privileges and duties of the queen shall revert to one of the crown princesses, at the festival’s choice.
—The queen will travel the state as a goodwill ambassador and will be required to attend 11 festivals selected by the association board, and the Louisiana Association of Fairs and Festivals convention. The new queen is encouraged to attend, when possible, all other festivals and any city functions to which she is invited. Required travel expenses are paid by the festival.
The queen must abide by all rules and regulations of her host festival while attending as a representative of the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival.
—The queen is also required to attend the Mystick Krewe of Louisianians’ Mardi Gras Ball in Washington, D.C. Before embarking on the trip she will be honored at a luncheon hosted by Gov. John Bel Edwards and first lady Donna Edwards. She will be joined by other queens, and many Louisiana representatives and dignitaries, at the event in Baton Rouge. She must also attend the annual Louisiana Association of Fairs and Festivals convention in Baton Rouge.
—If the parents of the queen should move from the area, the queen must maintain an area residence during the term of her reign.
—The young woman chosen as queen must relinquish all other beauty titles, other than high school or college. She may not enter any beauty contest her year as queen.
—She must conform to all festival regulations as queen and must not conduct herself in any manner other than that befitting of a queen.
Information and applications may be obtained by calling the festival office at 985-385-0703, emailing info@shrimpandpetroleum.org or request may be made to P. O. Box 103, Morgan City, La. 70380.
Deadline for submitting applications to the festival office is 2:30 p.m. Friday, June 3.