OTTUMWA — 4-H members got a chance to show their stylish side on Thursday at the 4-H Expo Clothing Show.

There were three categories that the participant could enter: fashion review, clothing selection and a new event, the $15 challenge.

Each category is judged differently and has different requirements.

The fashion review category is where the participants purchase materials and make their own clothing. They are judged on how well the garment fits, whether they had to make alterations, how well it is sewn, what kind of care it takes (dry cleaning, pressing, none, etc.), how much they spent on materials.

The winners for that category were: junior (grades 4-6), Anna Phillips and Tayler Jones; intermediate (grades 7-9), Sarah Beadle; senior (grades 10-12), Amanda Steele and Rachel Beadle.

The second category was the clothing selection. In this category, participants were not limited on how much they could spend, but they weren’t encouraged to purchase the most expensive outfit either. This category was judged on how well the contestants were able to match their outfits (with both colors and accessories), why they chose what they did, where they will be able to wear it and how many times, how much it cost and what kind of care it takes.

Winners in this category were: juniors, Amy Hart, Taylor Holman and Ashley Pilcher; intermediate, Alyssa Fangmann and senior, Stephanie Huber.

The last category was one that was just added this year. It was the $15 challenge. The participants could only spend up to $15 on their entire outfit and accessories and they had to be purchased at a secondhand store, garage sale or somewhere that sold used clothing.

Winners in this category were: juniors, Jennifer Klodt and Danae Moses; intermediate, Emma Tanner and senior Sara Tanner.

Winners from the junior level were awarded ribbons and medallions; intermediate winners will go to Iowa City to participate in a fun day fashion show event and senior level winners will go to the Iowa State Fair to compete.

Eddyville Resident Sara Tanner, 18, was the senior winner for the $15 challenge. She bought her outfit at Playdough’s Closet in Des Moines.

She said since she is going to college next year she wanted to buy an outfit that was casual and that she could wear out with friends.

“Recently I have done a lot of thrift store shopping,” she said. “I kind of like it.”

She said she prefers Playdough’s Closet and Goodwill for her thrift store shopping.

Hedrick Resident Kayla Emery, 14, also participated in the $15 challenge this year and said it wasn’t as tough as she thought it would be.