Ashlyn Williams was crowned as Miss Rodeo Texas 2024 on Friday, June 21st, 2024 at the Miss Rodeo Texas Pageant coronation in San Antonio, Texas. Ashlyn represented as Miss Rodeo North Texas Fair during the pageant. In addition to being crowned Miss Rodeo Texas 2024, Ashlyn also garnered top awards in the Test, Speech, Appearance, Personality, and Horsemanship categories.
Ashlyn Williams is 23 years old and from Boyd, Texas. She is a 2023 cum laude honors graduate of West Texas A&M University where she earned her Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Education. Ashlyn plans to one day be a high school agriculture teacher where she can carry on her platform, “United by Ag,” and inspire the next generation of agriculturists. Alongside being a rodeo queen, she is a fourth-generation rodeo competitor and enjoys traveling to barrel racing jackpots. She loves the outdoors and would rather be cleaning stalls than washing dishes any day!
During her reign as Miss Rodeo Texas 2024, Ashlyn will have plenty of opportunities to accomplish her goals as she travels over 50,000 miles promoting professional rodeo, western heritage, and agriculture. Ms. Williams took home an incredible prize package, including a trophy saddle, trophy belt buckle, luggage, Texas ring, two custom Heads or Tails cowboy hats, plus much more. She will also receive a scholarship sponsored by Pepsi.
A Texas tradition for more than five decades with the Miss Rodeo Texas inauguration crowning in 1959, the Miss Rodeo Texas Pageant has produced eight Miss Rodeo Americas. Since the inception of the Miss Rodeo Texas Pageant, Miss Rodeo Texas has served as a vibrant, colorful goodwill ambassador of rodeo, the official sport of Texas, working closely with professional rodeos, rodeo associations and community organizations to preserve our western heritage and keep the western industry alive and flourishing in today’s society.
Contestants from all over the state participate in the Miss Rodeo Texas program competing for thousands of dollars in scholarship awards and other prizes among three age groups vying for their respective crowns. The Miss Rodeo Texas contest consists of pageant winners from 20 to 26 years old. The Miss Rodeo Texas Teen consists of winners from 14 to 19 year old. The Miss Rodeo Texas Princess competition consists of 9 to 13 year old contestants. The selection of each of the rodeo queens is based on horsemanship, appearance, and personality competitions with the crowning of the winners on coronation night in San Antonio, Texas.