Joleen Johnson Dittbenner, 1996

Dairy Princesses: Kari Hanson, Christy Wensauer, and Joleen Johnson.

Joleen Johnson with Christy Wensauer.

Joleen Johnson with her parents.

Joleen Johnson Dittbenner, 1996

Parents: Lester and Marian Johnson, Sleepy Eye
Currently: Sleepy Eye, MN 56085
“My favorite things to do as a dairy princess was visiting the young kids in school and teaching them the importance of dairy in their diets. I also enjoyed doing the store promotions and meeting lots of new people. Of course, I can’t forget riding in all of those parades!” Joleen and her husband Craig live on his family’s dairy farm north of Sleepy Eye. The have 3 young daughters: (future dairy princesses for Brown County!) Courtney (10), Brittney (7) and Destiney (2). Joleen works full time for Norwood Promotional Products in the sales department as an Account Executive and her husband Craig is a dairy farmer. To current princesses Joleen says, “Enjoy your time as a dairy princess because the time will go by quickly. Share your experiences with the ambassadors because they could be our future princesses. Use your reign to teach others about the importance of dairy in our diets and dairy farmers to our communities.” Joleen shares the dairy industry with her daughters by explaining to them the importance of dairy in a healthy diet. She also supports her husband in his position in the family dairy farm, as a “sounding board for ideas and struggles.”