She represents her rodeo, association, or region for a standard time of usually 12 months and is usually required to wear a cowboy hat, crown, and sash with her title on it.
Being a rodeo queen requires skills in western style horse riding, public speaking, rodeo knowledge, appearance, and personality.
Australia also hosts rodeo queens, and Canada has numerous pageants as well as a national title.
Most pageants require contestants to be single, childless, unmarried, under a certain age, and female.
The most common major categories are appearance, horsemanship, knowledge, and personality, with a number of subcategories.