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St. Helen’s Crawford Wins Coveted Rodeo Title
On Saturday, September 23,
Baylee Crawford was crowned the
2018 Miss Northwest Professional
Rodeo Association (NPRA) at the final
performance of the NPRA Finals, held
annually in Prineville, Oregon. Ms.
Crawford, a St. Helens High School
graduate, is the 19-year-old daughter of
Tom and Jeanne Crawford who loves to
be active in her community.
In addition to the title, Baylee
won the People’s Choice, Appearance,
Personality, Speech, and Knowledge
awards after competing in the three-
day pageant, which included multiple
interviews, horsemanship competition,
and other activities.
Baylee participated in the 4-H
horse program for eight years with her
16-year-old quarter horse gelding, Tee.
She recently represented as the Columbia
County Fair and Rodeo Princess in 2014
and 2015 and was then crowned Miss
Teen Rodeo Oregon for 2016. She
spent all year traveling to various
events and rodeos, some as far as
Florida and Las Vegas, but enjoyed
the welcoming smiles of being
present at her hometown fair and
rodeo. When not working, Baylee
enjoys being by the Columbia
River, going on adventures with
her two dogs, Bone and Shredder,
and sometimes likes to treat
herself to pizza and frozen yogurt
while getting lost in a good book
or movie.
Baylee says, “Being
selected as the 2018 Miss
Northwest Professional Rodeo
Association will allow me to be
Baylee Crawford was named the 2018 Miss
the face of the NPRA’s athletes and
Northwest Professional Rodeo Association
animals for the year. It will grant
along the way.”
me the opportunity to educate
The purpose of the NPRA is to
others about the sport of rodeo, while
admiring the beauty of the Northwest perpetuate the sport of rodeo through
continued growth in rodeos and
membership, providing humane
and competitive entertainment
for the Northwest. The Northwest
Professional Rodeo Association
is the western United States larg-
est regional rodeo organization. It
annually sanctions or co-sanctions
rodeos throughout Oregon, Wash-
ington, Idaho, Nevada and Califor-
nia. Visit www.nprarodeo.org or
on Facebook for more information.
For more information regarding
the Miss and Little Miss NPRA
program or to schedule an ap-
pearance with Miss NPRA, please
email NPRA-Finals@hotmail.com
or visit us on Facebook on the Miss
NPRA page.
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