Photos Courtesy of Marie Fulkerson

The Miss Harvest Homecoming Scholarship Program , the official kickoff to the Harvest Homecoming Festival , was held Saturday , August 12 in the Richard K . Stem Concert Hall inside the Paul W . Ogle Cultural and Community Center located at Indiana University Southeast , New Albany .

Whitney Wells , a junior at Floyd Central , daughter of Chris and Krista Wells of Floyds Knobs was crowned Miss Harvest Homecoming ’ s Teen and Catherine Sellmer , a masters student at the University of Louisville , daughter of Jim and Katie Sellmer of Sellersburg was crowned Miss Harvest Homecoming .

The coveted titles earned will take them to Miss Indiana and Miss Indiana ’ s Teen in Zionsville next June .

We asked Whitney and Catherine some questions about what it means to them to represent their Southern Indiana community as Harvest Homecoming Teen and Queen .

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