FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — Malorie Thorson was crowned the 72nd Princess Kay of the Milky Way in an evening ceremony Aug. 20 at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds.

The 20-year-old college student from Waverly, representing Wright County, will serve as the goodwill ambassador for nearly 1,800 Minnesota dairy families. Thorson attends South Dakota State University.

In total, 10 county dairy princesses from throughout Minnesota competed for the Princess Kay of the Milky Way title.

"Thorson’s first official duty as Princess Kay will be to sit in a rotating cooler in the Dairy Building (located at the corner of Judson Avenue and Underwood Street) to have her likeness sculpted in a 90-pound block of butter the first two days of the Minnesota State Fair – Thursday, Aug. 21, and Friday, Aug. 22. Minn

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