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Ramona's Brittney Phillips Named Poway Rodeo Queen 2011
Markie Battaglia of Ramona was the master of ceremonies at the Miss Poway Rodeo Pageant.
Brittney Phillips of Ramona was selected to be Miss Rodeo Queen in the Miss Poway Rodeo Pageant on Saturday night at Midland Elementary.
"I'm going to have a really fun year. I really like the girls I was crowned with," said Phillips after the pageant. "After visiting (last year) the Poway Rodeo and seeing how amazing and how nice the whole Poway Rodeo staff is, I (decided) I need to get on board with this."
Bridgette Lahaye was crowned junior queen, and Halie Winder was chosen to be the 2011 Young Miss.
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Over the next year, Halie says she hopes to have a "great learning experience."
"I really want to thank my family, and all the girls for helping me through (the competition)," she said.
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Markie Battaglia, of Ramona, the 2010 Miss Rodeo California and first runner-up Miss Rodeo America, was the master of ceremonies.
"The girls are educators. They teach people about rodeo that are uninformed about the sport," Battaglia said. "As a rodeo queen, they are the ambassador for the community and the rodeo that they have the honor of representing."
