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District 7 Dairy Princess Crowned…Page 2 of 3
First Alternate, Jolene Simas, is the daughter of Rick and Jennifer Simas of Hanford. She is a
senior at Lemoore High School. Jolene is a member of the Lemoore FFA and is on the dairy
judging team. She is raised a heifer for the 2017 Kings County Fair. Jolene is also a member of
the Kings County Junior Fair Board and has served as a District 7 Milk Maid.
Jolene will assist the new District 7 Dairy Princess in her duties, which include speaking on
behalf of the California dairy industry at schools, service clubs, with the media, and at numerous
public events throughout the year.
Miss Vitality 2017 was Kristina Raulino. She is the daughter of Christopher and Melinda
Raulino of Lemoore. She is currently attending West Hills Junior College in Lemoore and
majoring in psychology. She plans to transfer to Fresno Pacific University to complete her
bachelors and masters degrees. Kristina was an active member of Lemoore FFA and a member
of the dairy judging team. She is currently the Associated Student Body Social Services senator
at West Hills College. Kristina has showed dairy heifers at the Kings County Fair since she was
nine years old.
In addition, the Dairy Princess and her Alternate will attend a training session with workshops on
presentation development, promoting the California dairy industry and leadership and etiquette
tools.
Along with the excitement of naming the new Dairy Princess, Kristina Raulino was awarded the
Lori Brazil Paulo Memorial Scholarship. Also, the Kings County June Dairy Month committee
recognized the Fernandes Dairy of Hanford as the 2017 Kings County Dairy Family as well as
Eduardo and Fatima Valadao as the Distinguished Dairy Couple. The Master of Ceremonies for
the event was Joe Neves, District One Kings County Board of Supervisors. Contestants were
judged on poise, personality, speaking ability, education and dairy background. Judges for the
contest were Shannon Fast of Fresno, MacKenzie Gomes of Turlock and Brandon Souza of
Sacramento. The Dairy Princess Co-Chairpersons was Jackie Giacomazzi and Debbie Raven.