This year, she was on the receiving end of it.
Nervous and embarrassed, the 70-year-old, representing the Alexandra Community Advice Network, was wheeled around the Alexandra District Club by escort Trevor Mills at the 18th annual Blossom Festival Senior Queen contest yesterday afternoon.
The other senior queen contenders, Brenda Fleming (Alexandra District Club), Audrey Hoppen (Catholic Women's League), Elaine Mulrine (Alexandra Senior Citizens), Grace Hall (Probus 14), Jan Pessione (Central Otago Compassionate Friends) and Dusk Wallis (Alexandra Dunstan Lions Club) were also escorted around the floor by Mr Mills.
While the crowd was entertained by singing, dancing and a fashion show, judges Kathy Smith, Esther McKay and Terry Monaghan reached their decision.
Ms Elliot-Hall was named the 2013 Senior Queen and officially crowned by last year's queen, Lorraine Jolly.
Mrs Hall (84) was named as the runner-up.
Ms Elliot-Hall has lived in Alexandra since moving up from Dunedin when she was 12 years old and said the Blossom Festival was one of the reasons she still lived there - as well as the weather and friendly people.
She had been on the festival committee several times and confessed to being a bit of a bully, ''but a good one'', when it came to getting people to put their names down to be a princess or senior queen contender.
She said her win was ''absolutely wonderful'' but quite unexpected.
''I only entered to make up the numbers, really.''
The event marked the official beginning of the Blossom Festival and was the first official public appearance of the 10 festival princesses.
