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Catfish
Stats US
Total Acres
89,300 Mississippi
Total
Acres
51,200 Humphreys
Acres
8,100 (2011) #6
in American seafood consumed US
Pounds Processed
334
million annually 2013
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39th
Annual World
Catfish Festival
April 5, 2014 |
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2013
World Catfish Festival Winners
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Miss
Catfish Pageant
Miss Catfish 2013, Taylor Barrett
First alternate, Jewel Abraham
Second alternate, Lindsey Sexton
Co-winners for Miss Congeniality, Alyssa
Smith and Mary Catherine Turner
Tiny Miss Catfish: Sarah Kathryn
Smith
1st Runner Up: Perry Kate Kraft
2nd Runner Up: Madalyn Bledsoe
Little Miss Catfish: Carys Turner
1st Runner Up: Maddie Purvis
2nd Runner Up: Annie Katelynn Crawford
Jr Miss Catfish: Annie Wells
1st Runner Up: Ann Parker Baldwin
2nd Runner Up: Georgia Elizabeth Neill
Catfish
Eating Contest: Brent Ricord, 2.02 lbs
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Recognizing
Our National Success
The
World Catfish Festival has become a
major tourist draw to the Mississippi
Delta. Because of its reputation as a
family oriented event, the World Catfish
Festival has received several awards
including Top 100 Events in North
America and Top 20 Events of the
Southeast.
About 3,000 people attended the first
festival in 1976, and it has grown to
more than 10,000 attending each year.
The festival now encompasses the whole
downtown area, including four streets
for over 150 arts and crafts vendors,
and live entertainment which features
blues, country, gospel and more.
There is a free kids zone as well as
activities for adults and youth (bungee
jump, paint ball, mechanical bull and
rock wall). The festival begins with a
5K run/walk at 8 AM.
In addition to the live entertainment,
the crowds are entertained with a Little
Miss Catfish Pageant, Miss Catfish
Pageant and a catfish eating contest.
$1000 in cash will be given away.
Visitors are attracted from not only
Mississippi and around the U.S. but from
foreign countries as well.
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