JACKSON, MI - Three years ago, Darci Lynne Farmer was a shy 10 year old, apprehensive to mingle with others.

Now, she's is one of the youngest winners of America's Got Talent, touring the country with shows in places like Chicago, Nashville and Detroit.

The 13-year-old singing ventriloquist brings her show to the Jackson County Fair at 6 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 6. Darci Lynne is the first America's Got Talent winner to perform at the Jackson County Fair.

"It's been a lot of fun," Darci Lynne said. "Sometimes exhausting, but definitely the fun outweighs that."

The Oklahoma native's journey to ventriloquism started when her mom entered her into pageants, where Darci Lynne would sing. One of her peers in the pageants did ventriloquism.

"I was just amazed," Darci Lynne said. "I was like, 'Oh my gosh, I have to do that. That is the coolest thing ever. How is she doing this?'"

With two weeks of practice in the mirror, Darci Lynne tried her own luck at a pageant with a yarn-haired cowgirl puppet from eBay named Katie. Her show has evolved to include multiple puppets, singing, dancing and a bit of comedy.

"I love going on the stage and when I'm singing with my mouth closed and doing these big numbers and everyone's smiling," Darci Lynne said. "Sometimes their jaws will drop because they're so impressed."

Next, she found herself performing in front of the America's Got Talent judges - including noted stickler Simon Cowell. Nailing her act multiple times in front of Cowell and a national audience, Darci Lynne said she doesn't get nervous anymore.

"When I very first went on the stage, Simon was very, very intimidating," Darci Lynne said. "But he ended up to be the nicest human being ever. He is so nice. We got to talk to him a lot. It was really cool. And he had a lot of nice things to say to me."

She even debuted a new puppet just for Cowell during the show last year - an elderly woman named Edna Doorknocker. The puppet revealed her crush on Cowell and belted out Aretha Franklin's "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman."

Winning the competition was "crazy," Darci Lynne said. Almost a year later, she still isn't sure it's set in.

"I would have never imagined that I'd be doing this," Darci Lynne said. "It's pretty cool."

Other puppets to watch for include Petunia the singing rabbit and Oscar the stuttering mouse. And Katie the yodeling cowgirl is still around - with a makeover, Darci Lynne said.

Darci Lynne performed at the National Cherry Festival in Traverse City earlier this summer and is excited to enjoy the perks of a county fair when she visits Jackson. Her show is the top seller of the grandstand shows so far, according to Fair Manager Denise Owens - which was a delightful surprise to the teen.

"The show is a very family friendly show - if you want to just take your kids out for a fun night or go with your grandparents," Darci Lynne said. "You're going to be wowed. You're going to laugh a lot. It's just a really, really fun night."

Tickets for the show range from $41 to $61 and can be found on the Jackson County Fair website or by calling 517-788-4405.

Darci Lynne hopes to continue touring - maybe even internationally. She hopes to be in a movie someday, too.

"Be yourself," Darci Lynne said. "If you have a dream, go for it, because you never know what will happen."