Thirty-two Nebraska 4-H’ers from 17 counties in Nebraska walked the runway during the 2024 Omaha Fashion Week – Student Night on Wednesday, February 21. Karla Herrarte, Lexington; Melissa Montano, Kearney; Sydni Ringenberg, Lexington; and Maya Soria, Kearney; from the Dawson County 4-H program applied and were selected to participate in the 4-H collection. “In order to be considered, garments must have been exhibited at the Nebraska State Fair and should be fashion forward, runway appropriate and display high quality construction,” according to Andrea Nisley, UNL Extension Educator.
The 4-H collection includes thirty-two garments from across the state. Featured 4-H members included:
- Karla Herrarte of Lexington – Dawson County
- Melissa Montano of Kearney – Dawson County
- Maya Soria of Kearney – Dawson County
- Sydni Ringenberg of Lexington – Dawson County
- Emily Barfknecht – Adams County
- Ayvrie Waldron – Box Butte County
- Danica Romshek – Butler County
- Macie Koch – Cedar County
- Kate Cox – Cherry County
- Morgan Schommer – Dawes County
- Ava Caldwell – Douglas- Sarpy County
- Coralee Schurr – Frontier County
- Amelia Diekman – Gage County
- Audrey Deikman – Gage County
- Cora Novacek – Gage County
- Alison Schimmer – Hall County
- Carmin Gramke – Kearney County
- Alexa Smith – Lancaster County
- Clara Johnson – Lancaster County
- Dayton Jons – Lancaster County
- Josie Johnson – Lancaster County
- Lauren Johnson – Lancaster County
- Piper Pillard – Lancaster County
- Tenley Bauman – Lancaster County
- Vanessa Peterson – Lancaster County
- Josie Williams – Nance County
- Delaney Cheloha – Platte County
- Karis Kersting – Platte County
- Maura Tichota – Saunders County
- Abigail Nelson – Sheridan County
- Emily Nelson – Sheridan County
- Zayling Ott – Washington County
Prior to the Fashion Show hairstyling and makeup were done by the students of SOHO Hair Academy in Council Bluffs. Fashion Week took place at the Omaha Design Center. Omaha Fashion Week has become one of the Midwest’s largest fashion events. “This was a great opportunity to feature the outstanding work of our 4-H designers at a regional level,” according to Andrea Nisley, UNL Extension Educator.
