National Watermelon Queen stops in Hanna
It was a summer celebration like no other at Fresno Bros. On Saturday, July 22. An afternoon was filled with fun and excitement for everyone. The National Watermelon Queen, Olivia Johnson joined the festivities, not just to cheer on the contestants of the Watermelon Eating Contest, but also to provide some knowledge on everything watermelon!
“As the National Watermelon Queen, I’m the promotional ambassador for the National Watermelon Association, so in shorter terms, I represent an entire U.S. industry,” Olivia explained to The Sentinel in an interview.
“Each state that grows watermelons has an association which is made up of growers, seed companies, just every aspect of the industry. I’m a six-generation farmer’s daughter. We’re not huge. We don’t wholesale, we just grow locally in my hometown (in Texas). I’ve been in the watermelon industry my entire life. We used to have a watermelon festival in my hometown where they would do the biggest watermelon. I won that 8 years in a row. The biggest I grew was 215 lbs!”
Olivia says that she’s not much of a pageant girl, but she loves to travel to help promote the industry. Whether it is store promotions like the one in Hanna, school visits or farm tours, you can bet that if it has anything to do with watermelon, Olivia will be there.
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