Northern New Mexico Royalty Court Crowned

Published on June 12, 2024

Photograph of the newly crowned 2024 Royalty Court (three young women and two young girls) smiling and wearing matching cowboy hats and colorful western shirts and dresses. They are indoors and standing in front of a painting of indigenous pottery.

Over the past weekend, Los Alamos County held the 2nd Annual Northern New Mexico Fair & Rodeo Royalty Court Competition. The competition had six registrants: two for Jr. Sweetheart, one for Sweetheart, one for Princess, and two for Queen.

Each contestant gave a formal speech before a panel of judges and competed in a horsemanship contest. Below is the crowned court for 2024:

Queen: Belita Martinez
Princess – Jewel Jaramillo, 2nd year running.
Sweetheart – Lilyanne Montoya
Jr. Sweetheart – Ashleigh Enriquez

They were all crowned on Saturday, June 8th, by the former Northern New Mexico Fair and Rodeo Royalty Court Queen Aspen Jaramillo, and judges Courtney Gurule and former New

Mexico State Fair Queen Tonantzin Candelaria.