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University Daily Kansan, September 7, 1984
Page 8
Student enjoys duties as rodeo queen
By CHRIS BARBER Staff Reporter
Contestants in most pageants are judged on beauty, poise and talent. But Teddi Bankes will also have to ride a horse to win her crown.
Bankes, Abilene senior, is Miss Rodeo Kansas and will compete in the Miss Rodeo America pageant in December.
Teddi Bankes
"The purpose of the contest is to choose a queen to represent the Professional Rodeo Association nationwide," Bankes said.
The contest is composed of women from 42 states, including Hawaii, and one from Alberta, Canada. Banks have voted in the states generally participate.
But the talent portion of the contest is based on horsemanship and the contestant's knowledge of rodeo, she said.
Questions in the personal interview are similar to the questions Miss America contestants face, except they have a rodeo twist. Bankes said. Each contestant is questioned in front of an audience, with no time to prepare an answer.
BANKES WAS CROWNED Miss Rodeo Kansas in Wichita in November 1983.
She said that the Miss Rodeo pageant was similar to the Miss America pageant. Contestants are judged on poise and appearance, talent, performance in a personal view and extemporaneous speaking.
THE POISE AND appearance section of the pageant includes a modeling competition, Bankes said.
something concerning humane society claims that rodeos are cruel to animals," she said.
The horsesmenship section of the national contest will differ from the state pageants in that the contestants won't ride their own horses, she said.
"A typical question might be
Instead of swimsuits, we model traditional Western wear. The outfits are pretty conservative," she said.
BANNES THAT THAT as Miss Rodeo Kansas she was a public relations agent for the Professional Rodeo Association. She travels to rodeos and makes public appearances throughout the state.
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However, Bankes warned against viewing Miss Rodeo as a beauty pageant.
The national pageant will be held during the National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City in December.
is gaining is one of the greatest rewards of being Miss Rodeo Kansas, said Banks, who is majoring in relations and communications.
"Whether you are pretty or not really doesn't have anything to do with it," she said. "It's more of a talent contest."
The public relations experience she
"I have to do most of the PR work myself," she said. "I couldn't have asked for a better internship this summer."
She is optimistic about her chances to win.
Her title also has provided her with opportunities to improve her public poise, she said.
"Sometimes I have to go from one-on-one conversations with people I hardly know to giving a speech in front of 10,000 people," she said.
But Bankes said that the one-onone aspect was her favorite.
Banks said that if she were crowned Miss Rodeo America, her duties essentially would be the same, only on a national scale.
"I think I've got the talent and experience to make the top 10," she said. "但 after that, it can come up. I had to fall off her horse or tear her clothes."
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