Pendleton resident crowned 2025 Junior Miss Rodeo Oregon

By Terry Murry on Monday, August 26th, 2024 in Columbia Basin News More Top Stories

MADRAS – (News release from the Miss Oregon Rodeo Foundation) A 12-year-old Pendleton cowgirl, Fallyn Plume, was crowned 2025 Junior Miss Rodeo Oregon on August 17 at the conclusion of a four-day pageant held in conjunction with the Clackamas County Fair & Canby Rodeo. Fallyn, the daughter of Carrie Sampson-Samuels, attends Sunridge Middle School in Pendleton. Her favorite sport is basketball, and she is exceptionally proud of her team for placing 3rd in the 2024 Oregon State Basketball Championship. She also enjoys playing travel softball for Oregon East and pow-wow dancing.

In addition to winning the state title, Fallyn earned the Appearance, Personality, and Jim Haynes Memorial Speech Awards. She enjoys barrel racing and pole bending on her palomino quarter horse, Dixie, participating in the Pendleton Round-Up and Milton-Freewater Pioneer Posse.

Fallyn is a proud member of the Blood Tribe/Káínai of the Blackfoot Confederacy in Southern Alberta, Canada. Fallyn’s family has been cattle ranching for over 30 years on their homelands of the Blood Reserve. Her favorite time of year is branding cattle with her family.

Fallyn has always loved horses, rodeo and the western lifestyle, while also practicing her Tribes’ traditions and culture. Fallyn will spend 2025 representing Miss Rodeo Oregon Inc. Foundation by making public appearances, riding in parades and rodeos, and promoting the rodeo and western industries. A date for her coronation has not been set.