Katelyn Collins was crowned the prestigious title of Miss Rodeo Texas Teen 2024 on Friday, June 21st, 2024 at the Miss Rodeo Texas Pageant coronation in San Antonio, Texas. Katelyn represented as Miss Rodeo Clay County during the pageant. In addition to being crowned Miss Rodeo Texas Teen 2024, Katelyn also garnered top awards in the Photogenic, Test, Speech, Appearance, Personality and Horsemanship categories.
Katelyn Collins, 18, is a first-generation cowgirl from Corinth, Texas. She graduated from high school in May of 2023 with honors but is considered an academic junior at Texas Tech University. She is majoring in Equine Science with a minor in Chemistry. Katelyn plans to attend Vet school to be an equine veterinarian. Katelyn is also a proud member of the Texas Tech University Rodeo Team and the Sigma Alpha Rho Sorority. Her deep love for Jesus, her family, rodeo, and the Western lifestyle shows in everything she does.
Miss Collins, received a scholarship, trophy saddle, trophy buckle, luggage, a ring, among other valuable prizes. Katelyn will be representing our western heritage in numerous rodeos and community events throughout the great state of Texas.
A Texas tradition for more than five decades since the first Miss Rodeo Texas 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 and Miss Rodeo Texas Teen have served as vibrant, colorful goodwill ambassadors of rodeo, the official sport of Texas, working closely with professional rodeos, rodeo associations and community organizations to keep 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 years 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, TX.