Lifestyle

For McKensie Guillory, the title of Teen Miss Smoked Meat is the fairest title of them all.
Guillory, the outgoing Teen Miss Smoked Meat, said, “Yes, (I have held) plenty of them (other titles), but none compare to being Teen Miss Smoked Meat.”

Debbie Farmer’s dream of being Ms. Smoked Meat was a decade in the making.
Farmer said, “I enjoyed this title so much because I had envisioned being the queen for over ten years.”

The size of the crown does not make the queen in the eyes of Miss Smoked Meat Kelsey Brianne McDaniel.

It may seem a little odd to most people to have your very own personal smoke house, but when you are from the Smoked Meat Capital of the World, Ville Platte, there is nothing more perfect to have.

By Claudette Olivier
Lifestyles Editor

Shirley Copeland was chosen as the Most Active Mother during Heritage Manor’s Mother’s Day celebration. She has two children and two grandchildren. (Photo courtesy of Patricia Duplechin)

Ja'Kylin Jantez Jabbar Manley, the son of Kyra Simon and Joekoby Manley of Ville Platte, celebrated his 10th birthday with a party at Jump Zone in Lafayette on Sunday, January 3, 2016.

Gazette Staff Report

(Editor’s Note: The following information was obtained from the Evangeline Parish Clerk of Court’s Office in Ville Platte. This information is printed once a month in The Gazette.)