Honky Tonk Queen

Every year at the IAGSDC convention, a new Honky Tonk Queen is chosen. The judges evaluate contestants on deportment, personality, dress sense and talent. Most years they find none of these qualities in any contestant, so the winner is chosen by rolling dice.

More detailed write-ups of the HTQ Contest and traditions (such as they are) can be found here:

A crown (a spray-painted, Christmas-tree-lighted, western boot), sash, "sceptre" and various other adornments are bestowed on the winner and kept in The HTQ Suitcase which travels with the reigning queen from one convention to the next.

List of Honky Tonk Queens

sortable table
Recipient	Year	City	Convention	Video
Ms. Virginia Slim	1984	Seattle	All Join Hands (Convention)
Ms. Virginia Slim	1985	Denver	Promenade Along The Rockies
Ms. Virginia Slim	1986	San Francisco	Star Thru The Golden Gate
Sybil	1987	Portland	Explode The Rose
Pam Demonium	1988	Phoenix	Cross Trails In The Desert
Tami Wynotte	1989	New York	Peel The Apple
Layona Davenport	1990	Vancouver	Northstar Promenade
Dominique de Fontainbleau	1991	Miami	Cast A Shadow In The Sun	video
Carmina Putana	1992	Albuquerque	Diamonds In The Desert
Moolena	1993	Seattle	Remake The Circle
Curlique "Queen for a Day"	1994	Washington, DC	Stars & Squares Forever
Donna Matrix	1994	Washington, DC	Stars & Squares Forever
Lois Carmen D'Nominator	1995	Chicago	Track II Chicago
Elvis	1996	San Francisco	Stars, Thars & Cable Cars
Virginia Hamm	1997	Las Vegas	Wheel & Deal
The Christmas Belles--Belle Whatling, Belle Epoch, Belle Poitrine and Belle E. Button	1998	Portland	Weave The Rose
Muriel	1999	Los Angeles	Lights, Camera, Linear Action
Ucanleime Amy	2000	Baltimore	Crack The Crab
Mary Gold and The Big Boned Girls	2001	Vancouver	Make Magic
Lady Di-Amel	2002	Toronto	Cloverleafs & Maple Leafs
Gypsum Rock Lee	2003	San Diego	Anchors Aweigh With a Half-Sashay
Lily White and her Spermettes	2004	Phoenix	Remake The Heatwave	video
The Fabulous Cow Patty	2005	Santa Clara	Star Thru The Silicon Galaxy
Wilma Titzgro	2006	Anaheim	Wish Upon A Thar
Mustang Mary	2007	Denver	Red Rocks and Purple Mountains
Iona Doublewide	2008	Cleveland	Touch A Quarter Century	video
Mrs. Manischewitz	2009	Washington, DC	DC Diamond Circulate
Ima Cornholer	2010	Chicago	Chi-Town Shakedown
Lesley Gore-Tex	2011	Atlanta	Gone With The Windmill
The Zombie Entourage (Davy Jones and Dick Clark)	2012	Vancouver	Dance Up A Storm
The Barf Sisters - Ivana & Igotta	2013	San Francisco	Weave Your Heart in San Francisco	video
Olive de Bottom	2014	Salt Lake City	Squeeze the Hive	video
Mary,Wanna?	2015	St. Louis	Swing Me in St. Louis	video
Freeda Evryoneǃ	2016	Toronto	Maple Leafs Regroup
Diamond Lane	2017	Palm Springs	Palm Springs Swing & Mix 2017
Jayne Dawn de Lyon	2018	Seattle	Circle Back to Seattle
Ida Dunham	2019	Philadelphia	Belles Run Philadelphia 2019	video
Carmen Epstein	2022	Minneapolis	Twin City Spin
Phil D Canyon	2023	Ottawa	Wilde Bunch
Rosina Daintymouth	2024	Durham	Independence Squares	video