11/02/2026
Redding Rodeos very own Miss Redding Rodeo 2017
Although she didn't hold her first rodeo queen title until later in life, Jackie Scarry was introduced to rodeo queening at a very young age. After meeting Kadee (Coffman) Blair, Miss Rodeo California 2007, Jackie was so awestruck that she named her first horse after Kadee. For nearly a decade following this meeting, Jackie worked in rodeo production with the Redding Jr Rodeo Association, doing behind-the-scenes work for the Redding Rodeo and riding on the RJRA Drill Team. In 2017, she earned her first rodeo queen title as Miss Redding Rodeo and immediately fell in love with the community, learning about rodeo, the western industry, and all aspects of what it meant to be a rodeo queen, an advocate, a mentor, a spokeswoman, and even an educator.
It wasn't until that year's Red Bluff Round-Up that she met and spoke with Miss Rodeo America 2017 Lisa (Lagaschaar) Lucia and Miss Rodeo California 2017 Brittney (Phillips) Hoffman that she began considering going further in the industry. Jackie competed for the title of Miss Rodeo California 2019 in Lancaster, California, where she won the Horsemanship category and the title of First Runner-Up. She went on to hold the title of 2019 Miss Gold Country Pro Rodeo Queen, which she proudly carried throughout the pandemic. During this time, Jackie learned to adapt and found new ways to promote the sport, industry, her sponsors, and her platform through social media when in-person events weren’t possible.
At the Miss Rodeo California Pageant in 2021, held at the Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo, California, Jackie was honored to be named Miss Rodeo California 2022 and to win the written test, personality, and horsemanship categories. The 2021 pageant marked the first year the Miss Rodeo California Pageant was held in San Luis Obispo, beginning a new chapter in the pageant’s history. During her reign, Jackie kept learning and serving the sport and industry she loved while experiencing as much as she could with her fellow state queens. This included the infamous Cowboy Downhill, wild boar hunting in Florida during the Silver Spurs Stampede, avoiding the arborvitaes at the St. Paul Rodeo in Oregon, racing down the track at Cheyenne Frontier Days, and attending many rodeos across California. Throughout her travels, many of her favorite memories were made with fellow state and local queens and with the children she had the opportunity to interact with, both in and out of the arena.
A memory from her year as Miss Rodeo California 2022 that still makes her giggle happened while helping PRCA Rodeo Clown JJ Harrison. At the City of Industry Charity Pro Rodeo, JJ Harrison asked Jackie to help him with his clown act for the first performance, which included JJ wearing his infamous blow-up “fat suit.” Having seen his acts many times throughout her years of queening, Jackie asked if he would want to introduce her horse to the “fat suit” before the performance, to which JJ replied, “No, it will make the act better.” Nodding, Jackie was now slightly worried about how Roo, owned by Paige (Ryan) Pasley, would handle JJ's act.
That night, Jackie made her way into the arena and completed a queen wave after Garrett Yerigan told JJ that, to be a rodeo queen, he needed to do a queen wave on the back of a horse. After dismounting, chaps and all, Jackie held onto the reins as JJ approached in said “fat suit.” Neither of them expected Roo to take off, head across the arena, and leave them both in the dust! Determined to keep the show going, Jackie grabbed her chaps and ran across the arena. After retrieving Roo and letting out some air, JJ mounted and completed a perfect queen wave. This moment, while funny then, helped solidify Jackie's mindset: “If something goes wrong, pivot!”—a lesson she carried with her into the Miss Rodeo America 2023 Pageant.
In 2024, Jackie joined the Miss Rodeo California, Inc. board and has since served as the Secretary. In 2025, using scholarships from both Miss Rodeo California and Miss Rodeo America, she graduated with honors from California Baptist University with a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice. She now works as a Property/Evidence Technician on the Crime Scene Investigation team with the South Lake Tahoe Police Department and aims to become a certified Latent Print Examiner.
Jackie now calls Nevada home and spends her free days reading, going to the gym, collecting oddities, and snuggling with her dog, Zero. While she may no longer be in California, the rodeos, committees, fellow queens, and people she met throughout her travels will always hold a special place in her heart. She will forever be honored to have served as your Miss Rodeo California 2022.
