Overview
- Hanson was selected from a field of ten county dairy princesses with Isabella Schiffler and Jaiden Smith named as runners-up.
- The 20-year-old from Owatonna represents Steele County and is a student at the University of Wisconsin–River Falls.
- Her first official duty at the State Fair is to sit in a rotating cooler while sculptors carve her likeness from a 90-pound block of butter.
- During her year-long role Hanson will make public appearances and educational outreach aimed at linking consumers with Minnesota dairy farm families.
- The Princess Kay contest is a long-running State Fair tradition that picks ambassadors based on personality and dairy knowledge and uses live butter portraiture to spotlight the dairy sector.