Opening night of the DeKalb County Fair found 29 lovely young ladies competing for the 2012 Junior Fair Princess title and six beauties vying for the Fairest of the Fair crown. Walking away with the titles were 15-year-old Lauren Elizabeth Colwell, Junior Fair Princess, and 18-year-old Victoria Dawn Tatrow, Fairest of the Fair. Colwell is the daughter of Trent and Christie Colwell of Smithville.
Tatrow takes the Fairest title, Colwell named Junior Princess