My name is Abbie Cato I’m 20 years old, and from Iberia Missouri. I am the daughter of Aj and Sheena Cato and have three siblings: Wiatt, Lexi, and Koa. I’m currently employed at Collins Contracting building cell phone towers. Growing up in a small town, there wasn’t much to do besides the normal sports or rodeo. I knew rodeo was something I always wanted to do growing up and my Grandpa ran an association for a long time. I always looked up to everyone around me and how much they all cared for each other and the animals. I’ve always been around livestock. Most of the time you can find me around animals, at a rodeo, or with my family and friends. In my free time, I enjoy hunting, fishing, riding 4-wheelers, and doing things with my horses. I love learning new things about horses. I currently rodeo and compete in barrels and poles. I plan to add more events to my list farther down the road. 

Rodeo queening came to me so naturally as I was always wanting to be that “big girl” running around fast and had so many friends. Getting to be that big girl I looked up to is a dream come true. In the future, I plan to run my own pageant and to encourage many girls in life that you can do the thing that seems impossible.