Gallery: 2013 Queen of Country Music crowned 

By Online Editor
Updated November 19 2013 - 2:42pm, first published January 30 2013 - 3:30pm
Handing over the crown is 2012 Queen Dimity Chaseling to 2013 Queen Sophie Dewhurst with 2013 Princess Kate Coburn joined by 2012 Princess Shae McIntosh. Photo: Gareth Gardner
Handing over the crown is 2012 Queen Dimity Chaseling to 2013 Queen Sophie Dewhurst with 2013 Princess Kate Coburn joined by 2012 Princess Shae McIntosh. Photo: Gareth Gardner
Top ten finalist Skye Eggleton on stage at the Tamworth Town Hall. Photo: Gareth Gardner
Top ten finalist Skye Eggleton on stage at the Tamworth Town Hall. Photo: Gareth Gardner
Top ten finalist Lucy-Anne Camilleri fields questions on stage on Sunday night's crowning dinner. Photo: Gareth Gardner
Top ten finalist Lucy-Anne Camilleri fields questions on stage on Sunday night's crowning dinner. Photo: Gareth Gardner
Queen Quest entrant Alana Johnson made it to the top ten. Photo: Gareth Gardner
Queen Quest entrant Alana Johnson made it to the top ten. Photo: Gareth Gardner
Finalist Amanda Dobson takes the stage at the Tamworth Town Hall. Photo: Gareth Gardner
Finalist Amanda Dobson takes the stage at the Tamworth Town Hall. Photo: Gareth Gardner
Kate Coburn was evenutally named the 2013 Princess of Country Music. Photo: Gareth Gardner
Kate Coburn was evenutally named the 2013 Princess of Country Music. Photo: Gareth Gardner
2012 outgoing Princess Shae McIntosh shed a tear or two as she described the year as one of the 'best of her life'. Photo: Gareth Gardner
2012 outgoing Princess Shae McIntosh shed a tear or two as she described the year as one of the 'best of her life'. Photo: Gareth Gardner
Jessica Campbell was one of the top ten finalists. Photo: Gareth Gardner
Jessica Campbell was one of the top ten finalists. Photo: Gareth Gardner
Rikki Frankel answers questions on stage as one of the top 10 finalists. Photo: Gareth Gardner
Rikki Frankel answers questions on stage as one of the top 10 finalists. Photo: Gareth Gardner
Queen Quest entrant Emma Gillies on stage at Sunday's crowning dinner. Photo: Gareth Gardner
Queen Quest entrant Emma Gillies on stage at Sunday's crowning dinner. Photo: Gareth Gardner
Kate Wicks was one of the top ten finalists. Photo: Gareth Gardner
Kate Wicks was one of the top ten finalists. Photo: Gareth Gardner
Sophie Dewhurst was named 2013 Queen of Country Music but at this point, she was still answering questions on Kasey Chambers. Photo: Gareth Gardner
Sophie Dewhurst was named 2013 Queen of Country Music but at this point, she was still answering questions on Kasey Chambers. Photo: Gareth Gardner
Shonnah Smith was named Miss Congeniality, voted by the Queen Quest entrants. Photo: Gareth Gardner
Shonnah Smith was named Miss Congeniality, voted by the Queen Quest entrants. Photo: Gareth Gardner
Kate Coburn was named the 2013 Princess of Country Music in a gala ceremony at The Tamworth Town Hall. Photo: Gareth Gardner
Kate Coburn was named the 2013 Princess of Country Music in a gala ceremony at The Tamworth Town Hall. Photo: Gareth Gardner
Sophie Dewhurst tries her sweeping cape on for size as the newest Queen of Country Music. Photo: Gareth Gardner
Sophie Dewhurst tries her sweeping cape on for size as the newest Queen of Country Music. Photo: Gareth Gardner
Tamworth's newest Queen: 18-year-old Sophie Dewhurst is named Queen of Country Music for 2013. Photo: Gareth Gardner
Tamworth's newest Queen: 18-year-old Sophie Dewhurst is named Queen of Country Music for 2013. Photo: Gareth Gardner
A minor readjustment to a hairstyle offstage by 2012 Queen Dimity made the hat fit! Photo: Gareth Gardner
A minor readjustment to a hairstyle offstage by 2012 Queen Dimity made the hat fit! Photo: Gareth Gardner
2013 Queen Sophie Dewhurst and Princess Kate Coburn. Photo: Gareth Gardner
2013 Queen Sophie Dewhurst and Princess Kate Coburn. Photo: Gareth Gardner
2013 Princess of Country Music Kate Coburn. Photo: Gareth Gardner
2013 Princess of Country Music Kate Coburn. Photo: Gareth Gardner
Member for New England Tony Windsor congratulates the new Queen Sophie Dewhurst. Photo: Gareth Gardner
Member for New England Tony Windsor congratulates the new Queen Sophie Dewhurst. Photo: Gareth Gardner
Past and present: 2012 Queen Dimity Chaseling congratulates the 2013 Queen Sophie Dewhurst. Photo: Gareth Gardner
Past and present: 2012 Queen Dimity Chaseling congratulates the 2013 Queen Sophie Dewhurst. Photo: Gareth Gardner
Queen Quest entrant Alana Johnson receives her sash and famous Queen quest Akubra hat in a ceremony at the Fanzone. Photo: Robert Chappel
Queen Quest entrant Alana Johnson receives her sash and famous Queen quest Akubra hat in a ceremony at the Fanzone. Photo: Robert Chappel
The 21 Queen Quest entrants are pictured out the front of Tamworth Regional Council with Tamworth's sister city Gore Queens and 2012 Queen and Princess. Photo: Robert Chappel
The 21 Queen Quest entrants are pictured out the front of Tamworth Regional Council with Tamworth's sister city Gore Queens and 2012 Queen and Princess. Photo: Robert Chappel
Tamworth Business Chamber's Alyson King with 2013 Queen Sophie Dewhurst. Photo: Gareth Gardner
Tamworth Business Chamber's Alyson King with 2013 Queen Sophie Dewhurst. Photo: Gareth Gardner
2013 Miss Congeniality Shonnah Smith with 2013 Queen Sophie Dewhurst and 2013 Princess Kate Coburn. Photo: Gareth Gardner
2013 Miss Congeniality Shonnah Smith with 2013 Queen Sophie Dewhurst and 2013 Princess Kate Coburn. Photo: Gareth Gardner
The life of a Queen Quest entrant is never boring! Spotted down Peel St, between work and entrant commitments, sometimes a girl just has to change in her car. Photo: Kitty Hill
The life of a Queen Quest entrant is never boring! Spotted down Peel St, between work and entrant commitments, sometimes a girl just has to change in her car. Photo: Kitty Hill
Queen Quest entrant Courtney Stein. Photo: Kitty Hill
Queen Quest entrant Courtney Stein. Photo: Kitty Hill
Queen Quest entrant Emma Gardiner. Photo: Kitty Hill
Queen Quest entrant Emma Gardiner. Photo: Kitty Hill
Queen Quest entrant Hannah Bartlett. Photo: Kitty Hill
Queen Quest entrant Hannah Bartlett. Photo: Kitty Hill
Queen Quest entrant Katie Wicks. Photo: Kitty Hill
Queen Quest entrant Katie Wicks. Photo: Kitty Hill
Queen Quest entrant Kodie Winters. Photo: Kitty Hill
Queen Quest entrant Kodie Winters. Photo: Kitty Hill
Queen Quest entrant Li Chin. Photo: Kitty Hill
Queen Quest entrant Li Chin. Photo: Kitty Hill
Queen Quest entrant Mandy Woodbury. Photo: Kitty Hill
Queen Quest entrant Mandy Woodbury. Photo: Kitty Hill
Queen Quest entrant Monique Atkins. Photo: Kitty Hill
Queen Quest entrant Monique Atkins. Photo: Kitty Hill
Queen Quest entrant Monique Barton. Photo: Kitty Hill
Queen Quest entrant Monique Barton. Photo: Kitty Hill
Queen Quest entrant Paige Murray. Photo: Kitty Hill
Queen Quest entrant Paige Murray. Photo: Kitty Hill

WITH a red cape sweeping her shoulders, a sparkling tiara atop her Akubra and a few tears from mum, Tamworth's newest Queen has been crowned.

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