Teen Miss Rodeo Arkansas Promotes UAM Rodeo Team

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Teen Miss Rodeo Arkansas Promotes UAM Rodeo Team

Courtesy of Miss Rodeo Arkansas

Colleen Carr

Kevin Sims
Sports Editor

As Teen Miss Rodeo Arkansas, Colleen Carr works hard promoting the University of Arkansas at Monticello's rodeo team.

“It's great having an ambassador for the rodeo team,” said JoLyn Wells, coach of the UAM rodeo team. “She puts all her heart into making the rodeo team look good.”

Carr, a 19-year-old accounting major, won the title last August at the Pro Rodeo Cowboys Association in Crossett. The contest involved giving a speech, a personal interview, modeling and being graded on horsemanship.

Unlike other pageant queens, the title of rodeo queen requires you to become a real ambassador for the sport. Carr gives clinics helping other girls learn how to do events and has done public relations with organizations like People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, who think the animals in rodeos are mistreated.

“I tell them my horse is bred and trained to perform," Carr said. "It goes to a chiropractor every six months; they get brushed every day; we even give them heated blankets during the winter. My horses are spoiled rotten.”

Carr has competed in the rodeo her entire life. She won her first saddle at age six. She became interested in rodeo because her parents competed in the rodeo at UAM. She currently owns 14 horses, including her barrel horse, Classy, and her queen’s horse, Scoot.

Carr competes on the UAM rodeo team in barrel racing and goat tying, also known as “nanny slamming.” Outside of practice she spends a great deal of time telling people about the rodeo way.

“I tell people rodeo is not just a sport; it’s a way of life,” Carr said. “Its roots are from the western way of life. By preserving it, we are preserving a way of life.”

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