Naming of a queen has always been a special part of the Peanut Festival celebration. In earlier years, the queen’s competition was used as a fund-raiser with the title going to the young lady raising the most money and the queen and her court were entertained. In recent years, the queen is selected by a panel of judges during a pageant in which the queen candidates provide the entertainment as they compete in categories of poise & personality, interview, most photogenic and talent.
Former Peanut Festival Queens are listed below. (Names are as they were at time of reign.)
| 1945: Frankie Lois Richardson | 1946: Margaret Skidmore | 1947: Dorothy Ann Smith |
| 1948: Marjorie Manville | 1949: Betty Herod | 1950: Virginia Spann |
| 1951: Mildred Wilkins | 1952: Pat Ramey | 1953: Ruth Smith |
| 1954: Doris Kyle | 1955: Elaine Brimberry | 1956: Linda Faye Jones |
| 1957: Sandra Walton | 1958: Paulette Kitcher | 1959: Carmen Dailey |
| 1960: Martha Jones | 1961: Zoe Walton | 1962: No Festival |
| 1963: Pat Caveness | 1964: Lynn Salmon | 1965: Kay Dailey |
| 1966: Lynn Murray | 1967: Annette Warner | 1968: Vicki Henderson |
| 1969: Helen Buntyn | 1970: Joni Turner | 1971: Dianne Henderson |
| 1972: Martha Huff | 1973: Charm Pennington | 1974: Connie Salmon |
| 1975: Thala Murray | 1976: Anita Salmon | 1977: Tammye Jenkins |
| 1978: Marsha Skidmore | 1979: Brenda Stuart | 1980: Suzanne Owens |
| 1981: Elaine Wake | 1982: Jill Stephens | 1983: Patricia Fillippa |
| 1984: Tami Rice | 1985: Sandy Shaver | 1986: Stacy Vaden |
| 1987: Tracy Plum | 1988: Laura Childress | 1989: Sonja Frisby |
| 1990: Lisa Platt | 1991: Cessily Walker | 1992: Kristi Arceneaux |
| 1993: Adrianne Rhone | 1994: Penny Lockey | 1995: Jennifer Goolsby |
| 1996: Gretchen Huff | 1997: Holly Stuckey | 1998: Amanda Caskey |
| 1999: Lisa Payne | 2000: Jennifer Bradley | 2001: Jennifer Fehrle |
| 2002: Krystal Shipman | 2003: Rebecca Bradley | 2004: Amber Brimberry |
| 2005: Molly Bennett | 2006: Julie Goolsby | 2007: Meredith Dotson |
| 2008: Rashel Dameron | 2009: Kelsie Weisinger | 2010: Alex Stephenson |
| 2011: Bethany Owens | 2012: Julie Riess | 2013: Shelby Fraunberger |
| 2014: Holly Musick | 2015: Kadie Richburg | 2016: Hailee Sheridan |
| 2017: Madelyn Conner | 2018: Carly Parker | 2019: KiKi Harris |
| 2020: Cierra Espinoza | 2021: Maggie Hanna | 2022: Emily Hanna |
| 2023: Wendy Perez | 2024: Isabelle Lane |