A University of Missouri student from Marceline was crowned the 2007 Missouri State Fair Queen Friday afternoon in the Mathewson Exhibition Center at the fairgrounds.
Katie Allen, 22, won the title for which 52 women competed. She was crowned by 2006 Miss Missouri State Fair, Tyne Morgan, of Lexington.
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