Childress’ Selah Smith, a 2024 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (NFR) National Anthem Contest winner, performed Tuesday, Dec. 10 at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nev. Photo by Kellie Carr-Augustyn
Selah Smith’s outfit for the 2024 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo is a replica of the shirt her mother, Jennifer Smith, wore carrying the flag as Miss Rodeo America in 1995. Courtesy Photo
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Childress’Selah Smith, 13, recently performed the National Anthem at the 2024 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (NFR) during Round 6 Tuesday,Dec. 10, leaving her own legacy at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nev.Singing in front of a crowd of nearly 17,000, with hundreds of thousands more watching at home, Selah is no stranger to the NFR. In fact, her father, ...