Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival
{{Short description|Annual festival held in Louisiana}}
File:Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival.jpg
The Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival is called "One of the Oldest and Coldest" festival in Louisiana. Takes place in the heart of winter, the second weekend of January. The Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival was chosen as a Top 20 Event by the Southeast Tourism Society in 1989, 2012 and 2013.{{cite web|title=tourism|url=http://www.southeasttourism.org/content.cfm?type=C&ID=7/|publisher=Southeast Tourism|accessdate=7 January 2013}} This award is a coveted honor among 12 member states.
Industries honored
The festival honors ten native industries, all vital to Cameron Parish, on a rotating basis.{{cite news|last=Griffith|first=Geneva|title=Find cool treats at the Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 10, 2003}}
In conjunction with each festival, a queen's pageant is held; an individual is named King Fur to represent the industry being honored; a cookbook is published which contains photographs and winners from the previous festival; a parade is held, and the festival hosts a delegation from its sister festival, the National Outdoor Show from Cambridge MD.{{cite news|title=The world is your oyster at Fur and Wildlife Festival|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=2010-01-08}}
Festival contests include oyster shucking, muskrat and nutria skinning, skeet shooting, trap setting, and duck and goose calling, and a Gumbo Cook-off. A booth located on the fairgrounds showcases the history of the festival. The festival also features carnival rides, exhibits, live music and dancing, and regional food.
History
=Inaugural festival=
The event originated in 1955 when U.S. Congressman Theo Ashton Thompson arranged the first fur and wildlife competition.{{cite web|last=Price|first=Crystal|title=Fur and wildlife culture celebrated in Cameron|url=http://www.kplctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=13807799|publisher=KPLCTV|accessdate=15 October 2012}}
The congressman of Cambridge, Maryland challenged Representative Thompson to send a local resident to compete in the National Fur Skinning Contest. Fifty-two-year-old Leon Hebert, a 25-year trapper, from Cameron was sent to the National Outdoor Show where he placed fifth in the nation that year.{{cite web|title=History|url=http://lafurandwildlifefestival.com/history.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101111103430/http://lafurandwildlifefestival.com/history.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=November 11, 2010|publisher=Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival|accessdate=15 October 2012}}
A small group of people met during the summer of 1955 in the Cameron Courthouse Building, to make plans for the first festival. Whitney Stine was chairman. Representatives of community organizations included: Whitney Stine - Cameron Lion's Club ((Lions Clubs International)), Edward Swindell, Sr. - Cameron Lion's Club, Hadley Fontenot - County Agent, Alvin Dyson - State Representative, Ray Burleigh - Cameron Lion's Club, Joe O'Donnell -Cameron Lion's Club, Mrs. Iva Free - Home Demonstration Agent, Roberta Rogers - Home Demonstration Club, Geneva Griffith - Home Demonstration Club and Sam Tarlton - Lake Charles Television and Radio Station.
From this group of organizers came the Louisiana Fur & Wildlife Festival. The first festival was funded by the Cameron Parish Police Jury and private donations. This was to become known as "ONE OF THE OLDEST AND COLDEST FESTIVALS IN LOUISIANA" In 1962{{cite news|title=Fur Festival Postponed due to cold wave|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 11, 1962}} and 1973 the festival was postponed for one week due to a severe cold wave.
Jennings B. Jones, Jr. served as master of ceremonies for the program on Dec 2 and 3, 1955. It was presided over by Cameron County Agent Hadley Fontenot, first festival president.{{cite news|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|page=23|date=November 20, 1955}}
Seventeen-year-old Vida Bess Brown, from Abbeville, was crowned "Miss Outdoor of Louisiana" by Ted O'Neal, Chief of the Fur and Bottoms Division of the Louisiana Wildlife Commission. She was presented with a nutria stole, a bouquet of roses by the Cameron Service Garage, and an expense paid trip to the National Outdoors Show in Cambridge, Maryland. The National Outdoor Show became a "Sister Festival" with the Cameron Festival. The two exchanged fur skinners and festival queens each year and the tradition continues today.
Of 34 contestants, Meredith Giles was named the first "Cameron Parish Queen". Eleven-year-old J. A. Miller captured the Louisiana Junior Duck Calling contest and in years to come he became the World Champion Fur Skinner, following in the footsteps of his father Fletcher, and teaching his daughter Selika the art with her becoming the Women's Champion. His wife, Mary Jane Miller, held the Local and National Women's title many times.
=Second festival=
The second annual festival was held on January 11–12, 1957 and $5000.00 in cash and trips were awarded along with fur coats to the Fur Queen contestants.
Nancy Precht was crowned Fur Queen by Louisiana House of Representative, Alvin Dyson. She represented the festival at the Mardi Gras Ball in Washington, D.C. where she was presented to Vice-President and Mrs. Nixon. This tradition continues to the present time.
Floats were usually constructed in warehouses of the local menhaden plants, mud houses, garages, or anywhere workers could get out of the cold. Roland "Bolo" Trosclair was in charge of the parade at that time.
A raccoon was chosen as mascot for the festival. A contest of the area school children determined that Sha-oui would be the name of the mascot.
In Dec 1956, festival authorities invited major fur production parishes to attend; St Charles, St Bernard, St John, St. Mary, Jefferson, Plaquemines, Terrebonne, Lafourche, Iberia, Vermilion and Cameron.{{cite news|page=17|newspaper=American Press|date=December 30, 1956}}
=Subsequent festivals=
In 1969 the first King Fur is selected. King Fur I, Jack T. Styron represents the Menhaden (pogy fish) industry for the 14th annual Fur and Wildlife Festival. {{cite news|last=Guillory|first=Sam|title=King Fur I crowned at Fur, Wildlife Festival|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 11, 1969}}
In 1972 the first Fur Festival Cookbook is published and continues today.{{cite news|last=Dupuis|first=Georgia|title=Recipes shared by Cameron residents|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 8, 1972}}
Parishes with invitations to compete for the Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival Queen Crown: Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline, Iberia, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Lafourche, Livingston, Natchitoches, Plaquemines, Rapides, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Saint Mary, Saint Tammany, Sabine, Vermillion, Vernon, Washington, Tangipahoa, and Terrebonne.
Cameron Elementary School was the annual staging ground for the Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival pageants until Hurricane Rita. After the 2005 storm, all that remain of the auditorium were the steel girders. The festival was canceled in 2006 due to the devastation of Hurricane Rita.
Activities for the 2007 50th annual Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival kicked off with pageants at the Lake Charles Civic Center's Rosa Hart Theater. The festival activities returned to the grounds of the old Cameron Elementary School in Cameron.{{cite news|title=Fur and Wildlife Festival gears up with pageants|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 5, 2007}}
The Fur queen invited several of her fellow festival queens to see her Parish anyway, both in its devastation and its natural splendor.{{cite web|last=Valdes|first=David|title=Greenwood – Rhinestone Highway: Celebrating America's Festivals, Fairs & Pageants|url=http://rhinestonehighway.blogspot.com/2008/12/cameron-parish-home-of-fur-wildlife.html|publisher=David Valdes|accessdate=15 October 2012}}
In the early months of 2010, the Cameron Parish 4-H Junior Leaders complete a video documentary on the history of the Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival. The Youth Leaders interviewed past festival participants, contestants and queens and compiled the stories into a documentary.{{cite web|last=Berthold|first=Alexis|title=Fur and Wildlife Festival|url=http://www.camtel.com/Files/Press/FurandWildlifeFestivalDec2010.pdf|publisher=Cameron Communications|accessdate=15 October 2012}} Cameron Communications is a Festival $5,000 corporate sponsor now and in the next several years.{{cite web|last=Broussard|first=Kristi|title=Fur and Wildlife Festival|url=http://www.camtel.com/Files/Press/FurandWildlifeFestivalJan2012.pdf|publisher=Cameron Communications|accessdate=15 October 2012}}
The 54th annual Fur and Wildlife Festival held January 13–14, 2012 in downtown Cameron LA featured dog trials, back for the first time since Hurricane Rita.
With the 2020 hurricanes, Laura and Delta, and the COVID-19 pandemic causing 2021 to go on hiatus, the 63rd was deferred to 2022.
The 63rd Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival was held January 8, 2022 at the Burton Complex in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
The 64th Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival will return January 13-14, 2023 to the Historic Cameron Courthouse fairgrounds in Cameron, Louisiana.
List of festivals
| class="wikitable" |
| ''
! Year !! Festival President !! Fur King !! Industry Honored !!Fur King !! Fur Queen !! Parish Represented !! Fur Queen !! Miss Cameron Parish |
| 1955
| Hadley Fontenot {{cite news|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=November 20, 1955}} | | | | Vida Bess Brown |Vermillion | I | Meredith Giles |
| 1957 Jan
| Hadley Fontenot | | | | Nancy Precht | II | style="background:#0492c2; "|Nancy Precht‡ |
| 1958
|colspan=7|Festival canceled due to the devastation of Hurricane Audrey. |
| 1959
| Hadley Fontenot | | | | Peggy Joyce Seago | III | Marilyn Billings {{cite news|title=Parish Fur Queen|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 18, 1959}} |
| 1960
| Hadley Fontenot | | | | June Robicheaux | IV | Barbara Lane Dugas {{cite news|last=Red|first=Kohnke|title=Fur Festival Draws Big Opening Crowd|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 14, 1961}} |
| 1961
| Hadley Fontenot | | | | Debbie Ann LaBove | V |
| 1962
| Hadley Fontenot | | | | Pat O'Neil | VI | Beverly Sue Rutherford {{cite news|last=Red|first=Kohnke|title=Cameron Picks Queen for Wildlife Festival|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 20, 1962}} |
| 1963
| Hadley Fontenot | | | | Susan Bienvenue | VII |
| 1964
| Hadley Fontenot | | | | Gail Catherine Broussard | VIII |
| 1965
| Hadley Fontenot | | | | Susan Arcement | IX | Elaine Broussard {{cite news|last=Red|first=Kohnke|title=Cameron Picks Festival Queen|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 16, 1965}} |
| 1966
| Hadley Fontenot {{cite news|title=Winners at Fur Festival to Travel|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 27, 1966}} | | | | Schere Saia | X | Susan Kornegay {{cite news|last=Red|first=Kohnke|title=Kornegay Gets Cameron Title|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 15, 1966}} |
| 1967
| Hadley Fontenot {{cite news|title=Contests, beauty pageant open Fur Festival|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 13, 1967}} | | | | Linda Trappey | XI | Charlene LaBove |
| 1968
| Jennings B. Jones, Jr.{{cite news|title=Beauty contests open fur festival|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 12, 1968}} | | | | Nancy Lea Jordan | Plaquemines {{cite news|title=Buras lass is La. Fur Queen|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 14, 1968}} | XII | Diane Warren {{cite news|last=Sam|first=Guillory|title=Cameron Queen|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 13, 1968}} |
| 1969
| Jennings B. Jones, Jr. | Jack T. Styron |I | Jane Weilbaecher | XIII | Sherry Cheramie |
| 1970
| Jennings B. Jones, Jr.{{cite news|title=Queen Crowned Saturday|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 10, 1970}} | Alvin Dyson | Fur |II | Doylene Lasiter | XIV |
| 1971
| Jennings B. Jones, Jr.{{cite news|last=Geneva|first=Griffith|title=Cameron festival chooses cattle industry as theme|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 5, 1971}} | Mark Richard | Cattle |III | Cherie Kay Griffith | XV |style="background:#0492c2; "|Janet Gail Riggs‡ {{cite news|title=Janet Riggs wins parish title; festival queen contest tonight|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 5, 1971}} |
| 1972
| Jennings B. Jones, Jr.{{cite news|title=Hackberry beauty is 16th La. Fur and Wildlife Queen|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 9, 1972}} | John Paul Crain | Oil |IV | Janet Gail Riggs | XVI | Peggy Ann Kelley {{cite news|title=SC senior crowned 'Miss Cameron Parish' at Festival|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 8, 1972}} |
| 1973
| Jennings B. Jones, Jr. | Tom Steed |V | Gwendolyn Phelps | XVII |
| 1974
| Jennings B. Jones, Jr.{{cite news|title=President of festival to be TV guest|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 4, 1974}} | Charles W. Hebert |VI | Ann Elizabeth Guillot | St. John the Baptist {{cite news|last=Geneva|first=Griffith|title=Rat Skinning Record winds up fur festival|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 13, 1974}} | XVIII |
| 1975
| Jennings B. Jones, Jr. | Jerry Jones | VII | Alexis Alexander | XIX |
| 1976
| Jennings B. Jones, Jr. | J. Burton Daigle | Centennial King {{cite news|title=Cameron beauty wins crown|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 10, 1976}} | VIII | Susan Woodgett | XX |
| 1977
| Jennings B. Jones, Jr. | Ted Joanen | Alligator {{cite news|title=King Fur|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 16, 1977}} | IX | Jenny Bird | XXI | Nancy Claire Nunez {{cite news|last=Geneva|first=Griffith|title=Fur festivities underway|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 15, 1977}} |
| 1978
| Jennings B. Jones, Jr. | Patrick Doody | X | Sharon Laney | St. Charles {{cite news|title=Sharon Laney is fur queen|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 15, 1978}} | XXII |
| 1979
| Jennings B. Jones, Jr.{{cite news|title=Miller named King|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 13, 1979}} | Fletcher Miller | XI | Joni Gray | XXIII | Mary Diane McCall {{cite news|title=Joni Grey reigns as Fur Queen|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 14, 1979}} |
| 1980
| Braxton Blake | Conway LeBleu | XII | Cindy Rice | St. John the Baptist {{cite news|title=Cindy Rice crowned new La. Fur Queen|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 13, 1980}} | XXIV |
| 1981
| Braxton Blake {{cite news|title=Lake Charles girl crowned state Fur Festival queen|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 11, 1981}} | Hadley A Fontenot & J.B. Jones | 25TH Anniversary {{cite news|last=Geneva|first=Griffith|title=Yvonne Savoie crowned at fest|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 10, 1981}} |XIII | Donna Harmon | XXV |
| 1982
| J. Braxton Blake {{cite news|last=Geneva|first=Griffith|title=Rogers named king of Cameron festival|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 16, 1982}} | Charles "Buster" Rogers | XIV | Yvonne Savoie | XXVI |
| 1983
| Braxton Blake | Roland Trosclair Jr. | XV | Andria Marie Bergeron | XXVII |
| 1984
| Braxton Blake | Charles H. Precht Sr. | XVI | Elizabeth Primm | XXVIII | style="background:#0492c2; "| Selika Miller‡ {{cite news|title=All in the family|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 15, 1984}} |
| 1985
| Braxton Blake | Lyle "Butch" Crain | Hunting and Wildlife {{cite news|title=Stacy Mudd crowned as Miss Cameron|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 12, 1985}} | XVII | Selika Miller | Cameron {{cite news|title=Miller named queen|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 13, 1985}} | XXIX |
| 1986
| Braxton Blake {{cite news|title=Miss Cameron crowned during fur and wildlife festival activities|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 11, 1986}} | Benny Welch | XVIII | Kelly Foster | XXX |
| 1987
| Braxton Blake {{cite news|title=Swindell is King Fur XIX|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 10, 1987}} | Edward Wallace Swindell Jr | XIX | style="background:#FFFF00"|Lisa Roberts† | XXXI |
| 1988
| Hayes "Pete" Picou, Jr | Tom Mudd | XX | Karen Engeron | XXXII |
| 1989
| Hayes "Pete" Picou, Jr {{cite news|title=Top 20 winners|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 12, 1989}} | J.B. Meaux | XXI | Michele Irene Morris | Lafourche {{cite news|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 15, 1989}} | XXXIII |
| 1990
| Hayes "Pete" Picou, Jr {{cite news|title=Terrebonne woman named fur queen|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 14, 1990}} | Joseph Braxton Blake | XXII | Lisa Rousse | XXXVI |
| 1991
| Hayes "Pete" Picou, Jr {{cite news|last=Griffith|first=Geneva|title=Trosclair reigns over Fur Festival|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 12, 1991}} | Phillip Trosclair | XXIII | Sonia Landry | XXXV |
| 1992
| Hayes "Pete" Picou, Jr {{cite news|title=Fur Queen crowned|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 12, 1992}} | Claude Eagleson | XXIV | Kelley Marie Becnell | XXXVI |
| 1993
| Hayes "Pete" Picou, Jr {{cite news|title=Miller crowned King Fur XXVI at festival|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 9, 1993}} | Watkins Miller | XXV | Belinda "Denise" Clemons | XXXVII |
| 1994
| Hayes "Pete" Picou, Jr | Larry McNeese | XXVI | Erika Schwarz | XXXVIII |
| 1995
| Hayes "Pete" Picou, Jr {{cite news|last=Griffith|first=Geneva|title=Festival cookbook features recipes from area families|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 11, 1995}} | Billy Doxey | XXVII | Adrienne Picou | XXXIX |
| 1996
| Hayes "Pete" Picou, Jr {{cite news|title=Schwak, Trosclair crowned at Fur Fest|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 13, 1996}} | Robert James Schwak | XXVIII | Marie Elise Des Ormeaux | XL |
| 1997
| Hayes "Pete" Picou, Jr | Darryl "Fats" Dupont | XXIX | Alison Hotard | XLI |
| 1998
| Hayes "Pete" Picou, Jr {{cite news|title=Festivities|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 10, 1999}} | Charlie Theriot | XXX | style="background:#FFFF00"|Summer Leigh Parker† | Jefferson Davis | XLII |
| 1999
| Norman McCall | XXXI | Heather Sturlese | XLIII |
| 2000
| Clifton Hebert {{cite news|last=Griffith|first=Geneva|title=Come one, come all|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 16, 2000}} | Don Bailey | XXXII | Millie Manning Harris | XLIV |
| 2001
| Clifton Hebert {{cite news|last=Griffith|first=Geneva|title=Royalty crowned during festival|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 14, 2001}} | Mervin "Possum" Chesson | XXXIII | style="background:#FFFF00"|Courtney Tatman† | St. Charles | XLV |
| 2002
| Clifton Hebert | Enos Joseph "Buster" Sturlese | XXXIV | Shannon Hinton | XLVI |
| 2003
| Johnny LeBlanc | Charles Pettiford | XXXV | Tiffany Wing | Calcasieu | XLVII | style="background:#0492c2; "| Trista Semien‡ {{cite web|title=Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival – history|url=http://lafurandwildlifefestival.com/history.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101111103430/http://lafurandwildlifefestival.com/history.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=November 11, 2010|publisher=La Fur and Wildlife Festival|accessdate=15 October 2012}} |
| 2004
| Johnny LeBlanc {{cite news|last=Arceneaux|first=Warren|title=Chills & thrills|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 9, 2004}} | Jimmie Stutes | XXXVI | Trista Zanora Semien | XLVIII |
| 2005
| James "JA"Miller {{cite news|title=Royalty crowned during Fur and Wildlife Festival|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=January 16, 2005}} | Menhaden | XXXVII | Cadi Brook Pedigo | XLIX |
| 2006
|colspan=7|Festival canceled due to the devastation of Hurricane Rita. | |
| 2007
| Rolland Primeaux | XXXVIII | Kayla Lavergne | L |
| 2008
| Johnny LeBlanc | John R. "Nunu" Baccigalopi |XXXIX | Lauren Naquin | LI |
| 2009
|colspan=7|Festival canceled due to the devastation of Hurricane Ike. |
| 2010
| Penelope Richard | Billy Doland | XL | style="background:#FFFF00"| Jada O'Blanc† | Vermilion | LII |
| 2011
| Penelope Richard | Lee Harrison |XLI | Sarah Deanna Tinsler | Acadia | LIII | Katelyn Reina |
| 2012
| Penelope Richard | Elmer Peshoff | XLII | Beauregard | LIV |
| 2013
| Penelope Richard | Clifford Broussard | XLIII | Cameron | LV |
| 2014
| Penelope Richard | Huey Mhire | XLIV | Evangeline | LVI |
| 2015
|Telesha Bertrand |Guthrie Perry | Fur and Alligator | XLV | Haleigh Willis | Evangeline | LVII |Morgan Hardie |
| 2016
|Telesha Bertrand |Adley Leo Dyson Sr. | Oyster | XLVI | style="background:#FFFF00"| Julian Devillier † | Acadia | LVIII |Baylie Duhon |
| 2017
|Telesha Bertrand |Loston McEvers | Fishing |XLVII |style="background:#ffe6bd"|Kristal Marie Breaux* | St. Charles | LIX |Savanna Boudreaux |
| 2018
|Telesha Bertrand |"Sugarboy" Miller | Crabbing | XLVIII | Sydney Richardelle | Calcasieu | LX | Maeleigh Conner |
| 2019
|Telesha Bertrand | J.C. Reina | Cattle | XLIX | Hali Westerman | Lafourche | LXI | style="background:#0492c2; "| Alivia Mudd‡ |
| 2020
|Telesha Bertrand |Willard "Yank" Savoie | Energy | L | Alivia Mudd | Cameron | LXII | Maddy Grayce Gordon |
| 2021
|colspan=7|Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic and devastation of Hurricane Laura and Hurricane Delta. |
| 2022
| Telesha Bertrand | Robert “Buster” McKoin | Shrimp | LI | Gabrielle Guilbeau | Vermillion | LXIII | Cesilee Oliver |
| 2023
| Telesha Bertrand | Carol "Zeke" Wainwright | Hunting and Wildlife | LII | style="background:#FFFF00"| Jordyn Kelley † | Calcasieu | LXIV | Hadley Lemons |
| 2024
| Telesha Bertrand | Howard Romero | Fur and Alligator | LIII | Jadyn Devillier | St. Martin | LXV | Makala Snyder |
| 2025
| Telesha Bertrand | Ruben Doxey | Oyster | LIV | Ashley Gorrell | Evangeline | LXVI |Sydney Waters |
| class="wikitable" |
| style="background:#FFFF00"| †
| colspan="5" |LAFF QUEEN OF QUEENS / LAFF QUEEN (Representing The Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival) |
| style="background:#0492c2; "|‡
| colspan="5" |FUR QUEEN (Representing Cameron Parish) |
| style="background:#ffe6bd"| *
| colspan="5" | LAFF QUEEN OF QUEENS / LAFF QUEEN (Representing Another Festival) |
| style="background:#d0e7ff;"| **
| colspan="5" | FUR QUEEN (Representing Another Parish) |
| class="wikitable" | |||
| Parish | Winners | Years | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron
|13 |1957, 1961, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1995, 1999, 2004, 2013, 2020 | |||
| Vermillion
|8 |1956, 1962, 1965, 1996, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2022 | |||
| Terrebonne
|6 |1963, 1966, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1990, | |||
| Calcasieu
|5 |1981, 1986, 2003, 2018, 2023 | |||
| Iberia
|5 |1959, 1964, 1967, 1987, 1991 | |||
| St. Charles
|5 |1969, 1977, 1978, 2001, 2017 | |||
| St. John the Baptist
|5 |1974, 1980, 1992, 1997, 2002 | |||
| Acadia
|3 |2005, 2011, 2016 | |||
| Evangeline
|3 |2014, 2015, 2025 | |||
| Lafourche
|3 |1973, 1989, 2019 | |||
| Jefferson
|2 |1975, 2000 | |||
| St. Mary
|2 |1960, 1970 | |||
| St. Tammany
|2 |1993, 1994 | |||
| Beauregard
|1 |2012 | |||
| Jefferson Davis
|1 |1998 | |||
| Plaquemines
|1 |1968 | |||
| St. Martin
|1 |2024 |