Area 4-H clubs compete in county fashion show

Intermediate Buying Dressy Division winners are, from left, Jessica Rome of Wharton, Briana Stanford of Wharton, Hannah Kulak of Boling and Kirsten Miller of Boling.

On March 14 Wharton County 4-H members participated in the County Fashion Show held in Crescent Hall.

The fashion show recognizes 4-H members who have excelled in clothing projects and exhibit skills in several areas.

These include the application of knowledge of fibers and fabrics to wardrobe selection; clothing construction or comparison shopping; fashion interpretation and understanding of style; good grooming and poise; and modeling and presentation of themselves and their garments for the judges.

A 4-H member has the choice of buying or construction. Categories for juniors and intermediates to participate in are activewear, casual, dressy, and specialty.

Senior categories are casual, dressy, formal and specialty.

Members may also participate in the fashion and fabric design division.

All first, second and third places will advance to the District 11 4-H Fashion Show in Edna on April 26.

Junior Buying and Construction Division winners are, from left, Samuel Cerny of El Campo, Abbie Holder of Louise, Britney Orsak of Wharton, Sara Zahn of Wharton, Paiton Kalina of Wharton and Kate Cheney of Boling.

Placing are as follows:

Junior Buying

First place Activewear, Samuel Cerny of El Campo; first place Casual, Abbie Holder of Louise; first place Specialty, Sara Zahn of Wharton; and first place Dressy, Britney Orsak of Wharton.

Intermediate Buying

First place Casual, Dustin Zahn of Wharton; second place Casual, Emily Cheney of Boling; and third place Casual, Karina Lopez of Hungerford.

First place Dressy, Kirsten Miller of Boling; second place Dressy, Hannah Kulak of Boling; third place Dressy, Briana Stanford of Wharton; and fourth place Dressy, Jessica Rome of Wharton.

First place Activewear, Haley Garza of Wharton.

Senior Buying

First place Dressy, Michael Orsak of El Campo; first place Formal, Kara Witzkoski of Wharton; and first place Casual, Colleen Krenek of Wharton.

Intermediate Construction Division winners are, from left, Shayelynn Chaka and Sarah Supak, both of Wharton.

Junior Construction

First place Casual, Paiton Kalina of Wharton; and first place Specialty, Kate Cheney of Boling.

Intermediate Construction

First place Dressy, Sarah Supak of Wharton; and second place Dressy, Shayelynn Chaka of Wharton.

Senior Construction

First place Dressy, Ashley Harton of El Campo; first place Formal, Colleen Mauch of El Campo.

Design competition:

Textile, Accessory or Apparel:

Junior

First place Textile, Samuel Cerny of El Campo; first place Accessory, Jacob Supak of El Campo; first place Apparel, Sara Zahn of Wharton.

Intermediate

First place Textile, Jeremy Supak of El Campo; and second place Textile, Morgan Eggemeyer of El Campo.

Intermediate Buying Activewear winner is Haley Garza of Wharton.

First place Accessory, Joshua Gary of Boling.

First place Apparel, Sarah Supak of El Campo.

Senior

First place Textile, Victoria Cerny of El Campo; and first place Accessory, Linda Cerny of El Campo.

Senior Buying and Construction Division winners are, from left, Michael Orsak of El Campo, Kara Witzkoski of Wharton, Colleen Krenek of Wharton, Ashley Harton and Colleen Mauch, both of El Campo. Winnners in the Intermediate Buying Casual Division are, from left, Karina Lopez of Hungerford, Emily Cheney of Boling and Dustin Zahn of Wharton.