The writing was on the wall for the Pennsylvania Quarter Horse Association Queen candidate Shelly Campbell when she showed up for Queens’ Horsemanship on a gelding named Easy To Be First. “I guess that is a pretty good coincidence,” Shelly laughed after her crowning as the All American Quarter Horse Congress Queen.
Shelly, 23, has been showing since she was nine years old, but her horse, Incredible Corey, was injured this summer. Luckily for Shelly, Madison Eichstadt was more than happy to allow Shelly to show her horse, Easy To Be First. After Madison tackled Shelly to give her a hug, Shelly explained that Madison and her sister, Lauren, and mom, Tammy, are more like family than friends.
The new All American Quarter Horse Congress Queen was thrilled with her crowning on Monday night. “I’ve never competed in the Queen contest before, or any pageants. My first competition like this was our state competition in Pennsylvania,” Shelly exclaimed.
Although she did not have any previous pageant experience, Shelly had planned for the Queen contest for a long time. “I’ve wanted to run for five years,” Shelly said. “My friend, Becky, was crowned in 1998, and that planted the seed in my mind.”
Shelly had too many commitments with her education, however, to compete before this year. “I am in my last year of pharmacy school this year and am on rotations, so I made sure that I had my time off planned so that I could come the Congress.”
Luckily for Shelly, she got her schedule worked out this year and was able to compete. After many tears and lots of smiles and hugs, Shelly’s friends and family carried her through the rain for her first night as the 2007 All American Quarter Horse Congress Queen.
2007 All American Quarter Horse Congress Queen Overall Results:
Congress Queen - Shelly Campbell, Pennsylvania Quarter Horse Association
1st Runner Up - Andrea Roddy, Indiana Quarter Horse Association
2nd Runner Up - Elizabeth Widmar, Badger Quarter Horse Association
4th - Scarlett Jones, Tennessee Quarter Horse Association
5th - Andrea Speece, Northern Ohio Quarter Horse Association
6th - Sierra Kuzminski, Blue Ridge Quarter Horse Association
7th - Jillian Bobbs, Keystone Quarter Horse Association
8th - Rebecca Dingus, Buckeye Southern Quarter Horse Association
9th - Angela Bush, Ohio Michigan Indiana Quarter Horse Association
10th - Brittany Lambert, Ohio Quarter Horse Association
Miss Congeniality
Rebecca Dingus, Buckeye Southern Quarter Horse Association
Individual Horsemanship Results:
1st - Andrea Roddy, Indiana Quarter Horse Association
2nd - Caroline Luby, Massachusetts Quarter Horse Association
3rd - Stephanie Jenks, Pacific Coast Quarter Horse Association
4th - Shelly Campbell, Pennsylvania Quarter Horse Association
5th - Elizabeth Widmar, Badger Quarter Horse Association
6th - Brittany Lambert, Ohio Quarter Horse Association
7th - Andrea Speece, Northern Ohio Quarter Horse Association
8th - April Conner, West Virginia Quarter Horse Association
9th - Amanda Van Essen, Michigan Quarter Horse Association
10th - Dorothy Bentley, Western Pennsylvania Quarter Horse Association
Individual Written Exam Results:
1st - Shelly Campbell, Pennsylvania Quarter Horse Association
2nd - Scarlett Jones, Tennessee Quarter Horse Association
3rd - Andrea Roddy, Indiana Quarter Horse Association
4th - Elizabeth Widmar, Badger Quarter Horse Association
5th - Jillian Bobbs, Keystone Quarter Horse Association
6th - Rebecca Dingus, Buckeye Southern Quarter Horse Association
7th - Angela Bush, Ohio Michigan Indiana Quarter Horse Association
8th - Andrea Speece, Northern Ohio Quarter Horse Association
9th - Sierra Kuzminski, Blue Ridge Quarter Horse Association
10th - Elizabeth Carr, North Carolina Quarter Horse Association
Individual Oral Interview Results:
1st - Elizabeth Widmar, Badger Quarter Horse Association
2nd - Shelly Campbell, Pennsylvania Quarter Horse Association
3rd - Crystal Nalley, New York State Quarter Horse Association
4th - Jade Parton, South Carolina Quarter Horse Association
5th - Dorothy Bentley, Western Pennsylvania Quarter Horse Association
6th - Andrea Roddy, Indiana Quarter Horse Association
7th - Angela Bush, Ohio Michigan Indiana Quarter Horse Association
8th - Andrea Speece, Northern Ohio Quarter Horse Association
9th/10th tie - Erin Tharp, New Jersey Quarter Horse Association
9th/10th tie - Caroline Luby, Massachusetts Quarter Horse Association
Article by Carly Williams.
