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Photos: Animals get glammed up at the fair

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Cleaning cattle
Minnesota State Fair competitors like Wesly Johnson use Joy Dish Soap to clean their cattle.
MPR Photo/Nikki Tundel

Before animals compete at the Minnesota State Fair, they get groomed and styled by their human companions.

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Chance Oftedahl washes his horses.
Chance Oftedahl washes his horses at the Minnesota State Fair on August 29, 2013.
MPR Photo/Nikki Tundel
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Cleaning cattle
Minnesota State Fair competitors like Wesly Johnson use Joy Dish Soap to clean their cattle.
MPR Photo/Nikki Tundel
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Cheyenne Black grooms her steer.
Cheyenne Black grooms her steer for 4-H competition at the Minnesota State Fair in Falcon Heights.
MPR Photo/Nikki Tundel