Pageant

Queen: Anna Elizabeth Smith

Anna Elizabeth Smith, the 43rd Miss Arkansas Rice Festival Queen was born and raised in McCrory Arkansas. She is 19 years old. Anna also held the title of the Teen Miss Arkansas Rice in 2017. Her plans are to become a pediatric psychiatric nurse practitioner. She is currently attending ASU Newport working on her basics now and then pursing the nursing program. Eventually Anna would like to live closer to Little Rock and practice at Children’s Hospital. Anna’s motto is "Eat More Rice"

43rd Miss Arkansas Rice Festival Queen and her beautiful Court

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Emmy Grace Futrell (1st Alternate)

Emmy Futrell is 21 years old and a second-year nursing student at East Arkansas Community College. She will graduate with her RN in May of next year. She works at Forrest City Medical Center in the Labor and Delivery department. She absolutely loves the babies and Momma's! Her future goals are to become a Nurse Practitioner and specialize in care for newborns in the NICU.

Haley Montana Steele (2nd Alternate)

Haley Steele is 20 years old. She has graduated college and now has a job at Morrison Law Firm in Lake City as a Paralegal. Her goal for the future is to continue to grow and expand the knowledge of how important Arkansas is and the farming that is done within the state along with the hopes of taking over a family-owned business in Hardy Arkansas.