Princess Contestant

Charity Rose Pulliam.....

Born in the heart of 101 Ranch country, nine year old Charity Rose Pulliam hails from Marland, OK. She is the daughter of Yvonne (Kelly) Tarr and Kevan Pulliam. Charity attends the United Methodist-Christian Church in Marland.

She will be a 4th grader at Frontier Public School. On the Superintendent's Honor Roll, Charity received the Most Improved and Outstanding Student Award in Reading for the 2008-2009 school year. She is a member of the Frontier Elementary Basketball team and a Frontier mini Cheerleader.

Charity is a new member of the Frontier 4-H and is eagerly awaiting the Noble County Fair when she and her horse "Buddy" can compete in the horse show. In addition to showing "Buddy", Charity intends to take advantage of all that 4-H has to offer.

Her summer activities have included swimming lessons, YMCA T -ball and Karate lessons. She has attended Northern Oklahoma Flight Academy for the past two years.

Charity was given the honor to sing the National Anthem at the opening ceremonies for the Equestrian Special Olympics in Stillwater. She has collected pledges and ridden in the St. Jude's Bike-a-thon for several years. Charity has had her hair cut twice in the past three years (12+ inches the first time and 10 inches in January) for the Locks for Love program.

It was only natural for Charity to be involved with rodeos as her entire family has always been a part of this great sport. The Evans & Pulliam families were members of the 101 Ranch Memorial Trail riders, an organization that caravanned to surrounding towns to advertise the Rodeo. The Evans family was instrumental in re-organizing the Marland Round-Up Club in 1963. Since 1976 the Kelly families host the annual Dewey Kelly trail ride, the un-official kick off for the 101 Wild West Rodeo.

Charity was the Marland Round-Up Club Sweetheart 2005 & 2006. She was a contestant in the Newkirk Range Riders Rodeo Sweetheart Contest 2005, 2006 & 2007 and was High Ticket Salesman in 2005. In 2008, Charity was 1st runner-up in the Newkirk Range Riders Rodeo Princess contest. Charity competed in the Cherokee Strip Riding Club and Rodeo Sweetheart contest in 2007 and in the Princess division in 2008 where she received the Tough Cowgirl Award.

Charity was a Miss Rodeo Oklahoma Sweetheart for 2006, 2007 and 2008. As a Miss Rodeo Oklahoma Sweetheart, she was invited Royalty at the Miss Old Fort Days Rodeo Pageant in Fort Smith, AR. She received the "Best Dressed" award at their Mardi Gras luncheon. Compassionate in nature, she especially enjoyed helping with the "Super Kids Rodeo" at the Old Fort Days Rodeo. Charity was given the opportunity to sing "Oklahoma" at the opening of the Horsemanship portion of the pageant.

She has been a contestant in the 2009 and 2010 Miss Rodeo Oklahoma Pageant Princess division.

Charity was nic-named "Miss Social Butterfly" in Pre-School by her Elementary Principle and this name fits her to a T. She is compassionate by nature and is committed to being a great ambassador for the 101 Wild West Rodeo as their new Rodeo Princess.