The Virginia Beach Neptune Festival selected Buffy Barefoot, president of Townebank Virginia Beach, as Queen Neptune in a ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The 2025 Kentucky Derby Festival Queen was crowned Saturday night during the 67th annual Fillies Derby Ball in downtown Louisville.

With a spin of the carnival-style wheel, the 2025 Kentucky Derby Festival Queen was crowned at a special event Saturday. Here's what you missed.

Alayna Grace Arnold grew up participating in the Louisiana Nursery Festival Queen pageant. On March 1, she was crowned its 2025 queen. And, she celebrated her 17 th birthday March 14.

(LEX 18) — Elizabeth King from Georgetown was crowned the 2025 Kentucky Derby Festival Queen during the 67 th annual Fillies Derby Ball. A release says that King is a senior "Presidential ...

While the festival has seen more diversity in recent years, the selection process for the queen remains unclear. Several actresses with ties to Wilmington, including Hilarie Burton, Sophia Bush ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — For the first time, the Virginia Beach Neptune Festival has selected a queen, rather than a king, to be the event’s ceremonial leader. Buffy Barefoot, president of Townebank ...

Buffy Barefoot is the president of Towne Bank in Virginia Beach, but her newest title is that of royalty and a first for the Virginia Beach Neptune Festival. She is the first Queen Neptune.

Application packets to become the 2025 Queen of Scots and Wee Queen are now available on the festival’s website and Facebook page. The deadline to apply is 5 p.m. Friday, March 21. Last year’s ...