Karolina Ptasinski
of Round Lake Beach
2009 Junior Miss Lake County Fair Queen

 Hannah Black
of Vernon Hills
2009 Miss Lake County Fair Queen

 Samantha Thibault
of Round Lake
2009 Little Miss Lake County Fair Queen

Joe Shuman 2009/J. Shuman Photography

Congratulations to the 2009 Lake County Fair Royalty and thank you to all the wonderful young ladies that participated in the 2009 Fair pageants. You are all a credit to the young women of Lake County with your confidence, poise, grace and intelligence and it was my pleasure to of had the opportunity to play a small role in this pageant experience with you. I anticipate seeing your return to the 2010 Lake County Fair Pageants and information will be forthcoming early spring on the lcfair.net website concerning application submittal for next year." Thank you to all and your parents for encouraging you to participate in this event - Alyce Brownlee

Hannah Black, Miss Lake County Fair - Travel Experiences

After being crowned on July 28th and hostessing the fair and it's many activities for the remainder of the week, Hannah traveled to visit the McHenry County Fair Pageant on August 5th. There she met the 2009 Fair Queen ... On Thursday, August 13, she made the annual trip to Springfield for "County Fair Day" at the State Fairgrounds to meet with 60 some other County Fair Queens recently crowned from throughout the State. She experienced networking with the many young ladies and meeting the Governor for a photo shoot. In January 2010 she will be competing with approximately 70 other Fair Queens for the State Fair Hostess title "Miss Illinois County Fair Queen".

Hannah is a student at DePaul University in Chicago and will be returning there for her Junior year with her eye set on a Secondary Education Degree.