Seeking contestants for Miss Basile pageant and Swine Fest queen
Alaina Denette, the reigning La. Swine Festival Queen invites area girls to compete for her crown on Oct. 23. (Photo by Darrel LeJeune)
By Darrel LeJeune
LSN/Basile Editor
Basile’s Alaina Denette is the first queen of the La. Swine Festival to hold the title for more than one year since the annual festival started back in 1966. Crowned in 2019, Alaina kept the title for an additional year because the 2020 pageant and festival were cancelled due to the COVID pandemic.
The only other year that the pageant and festival were not …
