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The Kiowa Tribal Princess competition is a beauty pageant taking place between women of the Kiowa tribe of Oklahoma. The contestants are judged based on their outfits, their manners, and how generally respected they are within the community. Although in other beauty pageants it's often based completely around physical appearance and shows a sexualized form of femininity, Kiowa Tribal Princesses are respectable Kiowa women who are very responsible. Being a Kiowa Tribal Princess is an honored thing.

Although the first American Indian Exposition Princess who was Kiowa was Imogene Geikaumah Carter was awarded as princess in 1934, the first Kiowa Tribal Princess was Anna Sue Whitehorse Nimsey in 1940.

There is a website for the Kiowa Tribal Princesses called The Official Website of The Kiowa Princess and Princess Sorority. It will give you access to who won as Kiowa Princess in order from 1940 to 2012. It appears to not have been updated in quite a while, as the Kiowa Tribal Princess competition still goes on today and didn't stop in 2012.

Sorority Information: In 1999, several former Kiowa Tribal Princesses decided to organize an alumni group and decided on the name "Kiowa Tribal Princess Sorority." The purpose of the organization is twofold: Networking former princesses for social and business reasons and being a support system for the reigning Kiowa Tribal Princess. The main annual event for the sorority is hosting a reception honoring the Kiowa Tribal Princess during the American Indian Exposition. The reception began mainly as an event for the princesses representing the member tribes of the Espostion but has also attracted many other guests over the years and has become a mini-reunion for former Kiowa Tribal Princesses. In the fall of 2010, the Kiowa Princess Sorority began drafting a constitution and bylaws, which was finshed and adopted in February 2011. The constitution sets regular meetings, defines eligibility for membership and duties of officers, and covers expectations for Kiowa Tribal Princesses wishing to be part of the sorority.

Kiowa Tribal Princess Sorority Officers (2010-2012): Thomascina Tsoodle Leader (KTP '80), President Martha Nell Poolaw (KTP '56), Vice President Peggy Kile Tsoodle (KTP'03), Secretary Marisa Nell Poolaw (KTP '99), Treasurer

Recognized (Paid) Members for 2011-2012: Martha Poolaw Thomascina Leader Sharron Ahtone Harjo Huberta Tsotigh Lynette Kaulaity Lori Kaulaity Toni Lynn Kaulaity Amber Toppah Robin Choney Marisa Poolaw Peggy Tsoodle Ellen Toyekoyah

American Indian Exposition Princesses: 1934-Imogene Geikaumah Carter (Kiowa) 1935-Beatrice Ahpeahtone Smith (Kiowa) 1937-Augustine Campbell Barse (Kiowa/Wichita) 1938-Esther Riddles Parker (Comanche) 1939-Madeline Frank Proctor (Caddo)

The Kiowa: Since my family has a rich heritage In Oklahoma involoving the Kiowa, so I know a lot. The Kiowa Nation is in Eastern Oklahoma. They were living in Oklahoma before other tribes migrated there, although their creation story says they moved up from down south. The Kiowa have their own language, but it's an endangered language. There are 12,000 members of the Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma.