{"id":248,"date":"2005-12-22T00:30:37","date_gmt":"2005-12-21T17:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/?p=248"},"modified":"2005-12-22T00:56:34","modified_gmt":"2005-12-21T17:56:34","slug":"aqha-congratulates-miss-rodeo-america-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/industry\/aqha-congratulates-miss-rodeo-america-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"AQHA Congratulates Miss Rodeo America 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>December 21, 2005 <\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u201c The American Quarter Horse Association congratulates Miss Rodeo America 2006, Tressie Knowlton of Fowler, Colorado. Knowlton was crowned December 3 during the pageant, which runs in conjunction with the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>Knowlton, formerly Miss Rodeo Colorado, is a 22-year-old graduate of the University of Colorado with a bachelor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s degree in broadcast journalism. Her future plans include earning a master\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s degree in Spanish and pursuing a career in television, specifically in the area of rodeo programming.<br \/>\nAs the Miss Rodeo America winner, AQHA provided Knowlton with a life membership and a one-year subscription to The American Quarter Horse Journal. When Knowlton makes appearances across the country for the sport of rodeo, she will be mounted on an American Quarter Horse. In addition, Miss Rodeo America participates in many AQHA events, including an AQHA trail ride.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Miss Rodeo America Pageant\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s partnership with AQHA continues to provide opportunity and growth to both the American Quarter Horse industry and the young women and their families involved in our western way of life,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Raeana Wadhams, Miss Rodeo America Executive Director.<br \/>\nAQHA sponsors the horsemanship portion of the competition by helping the pageant provide horses for the contestants, giving each young lady the opportunity to truly demonstrate her riding ability. This year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s horsemanship winner was Amanda Jenkins, Miss Rodeo Arizona. AQHA presented her with a Tex Tan saddle and a scholarship. Overall, Jenkins was the first runner-up in the pageant.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Supporting the Miss Rodeo America Scholarship Foundation for the horsemanship winner and awarding the beautiful saddle truly is indicative of AQHA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s support of the Miss Rodeo America Pageant as well as their commitment to young people throughout the country interested in equine-related activities,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Wadhams.<\/p>\n<p>This was the 51st Annual Miss Rodeo America Pageant with 24 contestants who previously won their state\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s rodeo queen competition. The contestants competed in the areas of appearance, horsemanship and personality. Miss Rodeo America travels across the country, promoting and representing the sport of professional rodeo.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the Miss Rodeo America pageant, visit www.missrodeo.com. For more information on AQHA, visit www.aqha.com or call<br \/>\n(806) 376-4811.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Quarter Horse Association congratulates Miss Rodeo America 2006, Tressie Knowlton of Fowler, Colorado. Knowlton was crowned December 3 during the pageant, which runs in conjunction with the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aqha","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}