Three Monroe County girls competed for this year's sash and college scholarship at the 95th annual West End Fair.

Since its start as the Monroe County Agricultural Society in 1920 to the West End Fair of 2015, there has been only one queen crowned. Krista Borger, 17, of Kunkletown earned the first title of Fair Queen and a scholarship of $500 from the West End Fair.In order to win the girls had to write a 300-word essay on what their fair means to them. The girls were interviewed by a panel of judges where they had to give a passionate speech about why to visit their fair.Borger spoke to the panel about the delicious food and local iced tea brewers. She highlighted to the panel that the West End Fair started in September 1920, and that her fair was "helping keep traditions alive." The three requirements were rated by number for each girl and then added up. The girl with the highest score won the cash and the historic name of first ever Fair Queen.Borger is already enrolled in Northampton Community College to take classes in American Sign Language. Borger started signing at the age of 11 because her friend's little sister was deaf. After Borger's interest was sparked in signing she learned to sign songs. "I started with Katy Perry 'Hot and Cold,' " she said.The key to Borger's win was doing her homework to give the best speech possible. "I did a lot of research," she said.Borger's queenly duties for the fair will include handing out trophies and helping with the Kid's Corral.But she won't be alone, runner-up and cousin to Borger is Mackenzie Borger, 17 also of Kunkletown. Mackenzie will help hand out trophies at the tractor pull where she will participate as a tractor puller.Krista will go onto the big fair queen competition held annually in Hershey, where over 75 girls compete.Dana Borger, the older sister of Krista works on the West End Fair Queen Committee and said the fair had always wanted a queen. The challenge was getting the budget together as well as girls interested in competing."It's our first year and we're very proud," she said. They hope the interest will grow and more girls will be interested in the upcoming year.To raise funds the committee has constructed a the first ever Fair Queen Dunk Tank with a chance to dunk one of the committee's volunteers. The tank along with Queen Krista will be at the fair all week.