PHOTO GALLERY: Two compete for title of queen at 2012 Missouri High School Rodeo State Finals

June 13, 2012 | 8:42 p.m. CDT

Brooke Wright and Madeline Cuppy, both high school juniors, are competing for the crown in the 2012 Missouri High School Rodeo State Finals Queen Contest. The contest, held at the Boone County Fairgrounds, has multiple areas of competition, including speech, modeling and horsemanship. The winner will be announced Saturday.

Brooke Wright, left, and Madeline Cuppy talk to each other after the speech and modeling portion of the 2012 Missouri High School Rodeo State Finals Queen Contest on Wednesday afternoon at Boone County Fairgrounds. Both are juniors in high school. Wright and Cuppy are the only contestants for queen, which will be announced Saturday. | Yi Gan

Madeline Cuppy, left, and Brooke Wright play rock paper scissors to determine who will go first in the horsemanship competition of the 2012 Missouri High School Rodeo State Finals Queens Contest on Wednesday at the Boone County Fairgrounds. Selicia Wright, front, Brooke Wright's mom, is the queen coordinator of the Missouri High School Rodeo.
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Madeline Cuppy prepares for the horsemanship portion of the 2012 Missouri High School Rodeo State Finals Queen Competition on Wednesday afternoon at the indoor arena in Boone County Fairgrounds. Cuppy, 15, has been riding since she was 7. Hank, the horse pictured, is her favorite horse. | Yi Gan

Brooke Wright salutes from the back of her horse during the horsemanship portion of the Queen Contest on Wednesday afternoon. Wright, 16, was first on horseback when she was 2 weeks old and started riding at the age of 8. | Yi Gan