Enterprise Dispatch Blog

ST. PAUL, MN — Coronation for the state dairy princess, known as the Princess Kay of the Milky Way, was conducted last night, with Dairy Princess Elizabeth Olson, 19, McLeod County being chosen for the honor.

Olson is the daughter of Loren and Laura Olson of Hutchinson. Today, she is having her likeness carved in a 90 lb. block of butter inside a rotating booth, which is the usual custom. When completed, her butter head will join the Olson family, making it a total of three butter heads, since Elizabeth’s two sisters are Princess Kay royalty; one being a runner up in 2005, and the second being Princess Kay of the Milky Way in 2002. Olson told WCCO that her mother has bought a new freezer to house the three butter heads.

Elizabeth must spend up to eight hours in the rotating 40-degree butter sculpture booth in the Dairy Building in order to have her likeness carved out of the block of butter. This will be artist Linda Christensen’s 38th year creating butter sculptures for the dairy industry at the fair. The 11 other finalists will have their likenesses sculpted in butter throughout the remaining days of the fair. Associated Milk Producers, Inc., of New Ulm supplies the butter.