Congratulations to Chelsi Faria of Tipton, Calif. for being crowned the 2009-10 Dairy Princess of the California Milk Advisory Board‘s District 9. Faria will represent the California Dairy Industry throughout the coming year.
Chelsi is from District 9, which includes Tulare County. As Dairy Princess she will play an important role on the Communications Services team of the California Milk Advisory Board in meeting community relations objectives.
The daughter of Rick and Vicki Faria of Tipton, Chelsi, 17, is attending Tulare Union High School where she will graduate in 2010. She’s applying to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, California State University Fresno or Chico State and plans on majoring in Animal Science. Chelsi is involved in FFA and 4-H.
First Alternate, Sarena Silva, 17, is the daughter of Joe and Maria Silva of Tulare. Sarena is currently a student at Mission Oak High School in Tulare and will graduate in 2001. She is active in Honor Roll, Varsity cheerleading, 4-H and FFA.
Alternate Dairy Princess Sarena Silva will assist the new District 9 Princess in her duties which include speaking out on behalf of the California Dairy Industry at schools, service clubs, on radio and TV, and at numerous public events throughout the year.
In addition, the Dairy Princess and her alternate will attend a training session including topics such as public speaking skills and media training as well as an orientation to the California Milk Advisory Board and tours of processing facilities.
Contestants were judged on poise, personality, speaking ability, education and dairy background. Judges for the contest included Hinke DeJong of Tulare, Durbin Pedro of Hanford and Mary Cameron of Hanford.