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It was hot outside, but the babies stayed cool inside of the Brown County 4-H Exhibit Building on July 20 as they competed in the 2019 fair baby contest.
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The overall winner of this year’s contest was Elliott Williams, the son of Levi and Misty Williams. Dad Levi accompanied Elliott back and forth to the judge’s table during the 7- to 9-month boy category of the contest.
There were seven categories this year with 19 babies competing. The categories were: 3 to 6 months (boy and girl); 7 to 9 months (boy and girl); 1 year old (girl); 2 year old (boy and girl).
Only one boy competed in the 2-year-old boy category: Brayden Floyd. Two girls competed in the girl category for 2-year-olds with Reese Jacobs winning first and Jessie Brock winning second.
In the 3- to 6-month-old categories, one boy and one girl competed. Olivia McKinney and Barrett Ethington both took home first-place prizes.
No babies competed in the 10 to 12 months category this year. Also there were no boy contestants for the 1-year-old category.
The first-place-winning babies from each category then competed for the overall winner title.
The judges this year were Dog Club leader Dianna Pedersen, 2018 Brown County Fair Queen Second Runner-up Jessica Taylor and 2017 Fair Queen Kendra Satter.
The 2018 fair queen, Jennifer Bube handed out ribbons and a trophy to the tiny winners.
The overall winner won a $20 Visa gift card, a 15-minute photo session and a ribbon and trophy.
Check out our gallery of the winners and the rest of the contestants: