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Miss Tennessee
The Miss Tennessee competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Tennessee in the Miss America Scholarship Competition. Lauren Dickson of Parsons was crowned Miss Tennessee 2022 on June 25, 2022 at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts in Memphis, Tennessee. She competed for the title of Miss America 2023 at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut in December 2022. History The Miss Tennessee pageant was first held in 1938, although the winner, Isobel Carter, was unable to compete at Miss America due to illness and so the 1st runner-up became Miss Tennessee. The following year, two winners were chosen to compete for the Miss America title. In 1940 the pageant suffered a repeat of 1938, with the winner resigning through illness and the 1st runner-up representing the state at the national competition. The routine pageant was held in 1941, but from 1942 to 1946 representatives were appointed without a pageant being held, due to World War II. In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss USA
Miss USA is an American beauty pageant that has been held annually since 1952 to select the entrant from United States in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operated both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA, until 2020, when the organization announced it was licensing operation of the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageants to Crystle Stewart, Miss USA for 2008. The pageant was owned by Donald Trump from 1996 to 2015 and was previously broadcast on NBC. In September 2015, WME/IMG purchased the pageant from Trump. In 2020, for the first time, the FYI network broadcast the competition. In October 2022, JKN Global Group acquired the pageant from WME/IMG. The current Miss USA is R'Bonney Gabriel of Texas, who was crowned on October 3, 2022, at the Grand Sierra Resort, in Reno, Nevada. History The Miss USA pageant was conceived in 1950 when Yolande Betbeze, winner of the Miss America pageant, refused to pose for publicity pictures while wearing a swimsuit. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Pennsylvania
The Miss Pennsylvania competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Pennsylvania in the Miss America pageant. Pennsylvania, including early years' city representatives, has won the Miss America crown on five occasions. Originally held in Hershey, the pageant moved to West Chester where pageants were held during the 1950s. The pageant was held in Altoona from 1974. In 1994, Easton was chosen as the new venue of the pageant and the date was shifted from June to May. In November 2008, the pageant was moved to the Pittsburgh area. In 2019, the competition moved to York, Pennsylvania. In the fall of 2018, the Miss America Organization terminated the Miss Pennsylvania organization's license as well as licenses from Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, and West Virginia. Alysa Bainbridge of Leesport was crowned Miss Pennsylvania 2022 on June 18, 2022 at The Appell Center for Performing Arts in York. She competed at Miss America 2023 at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss America 2023
Miss America 2023 was the 95th edition of the Miss America pageant, which occurred at the Mohegan Sun on December 16, 2022. The 2023 calendar year, based on several sources, may be the final year at Mohegan Sun. Rather than being aired on mainstream television, the pageant was streamed for the second consecutive year. Unlike the 2022 edition, which was streamed on the broadly-available Peacock from NBC, the 2023 edition was only available through the pageant streaming service Pageants Live, which features a subscription price of $32.99 per month with no lower-cost or event-only option available. Miss America 2022, Emma Broyles of Alaska crowned Grace Stanke of Wisconsin, Miss America 2023 at the end of the event. Background Miss America 2023 was the 95th installment of the pageant, but the 101st Miss America anniversary. Contestants were required to be between ages 18 and 26 (born between January 1, 1996, and December 31, 2003), be a United States resident or citizen, and meet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allison Alderson
Allison Leigh Alderson DeMarcus (born January 18, 1977) is an American actress, TV host and beauty queen who has competed in the Miss Teen USA, Miss USA and Miss America pageants. Alderson is married to Jay DeMarcus, the bassist in the band Rascal Flatts. Biography Alderson grew up in Jackson, Tennessee, and is a graduate of the University School of Jackson. She graduated ''cum laude'' with a degree in business administration from Rhodes College in 1999, where she served as president of the Chi Omega sorority. She won the Wall Street Journal Award for Excellence in Finance because she was the top finance student in her graduating class. As part of the Bryce Harlow Institute of Business and Government Affairs, she also studied at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. Alderson's sister Amy held the Miss District of Columbia USA 1999 title, at the same time that Alderson was Miss Tennessee. Alderson's sister is married to country artist James Otto. Alderson was Miss Tennessee Tee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashley Eicher
Ashley Eicher is a host, producer, podcaster and storyteller. She is the host of ''Guest List Radio with Ashley Eicher'' on Apple Music. She is the co-host and co-founder of the ''All Our Favorite People Podcast with Ashley Eicher and Hunter Kelly''. Conversations from the podcast have been featured on People.com, Billboard.com, ET Canada, CMT.com, PopCulture.com, CMA Close Up, Nashville Lifestyles and more. Career She has been a host and correspondent for multiple television and digital media properties including USA Network, RollingStone.com, CMT, ABC.com, AXS TV, CMA and Vevo. A sought-after spokesperson and moderator for live events, her corporate clients include Marriott International, FlyteVu, Rodan + Fields, Drybar, and more. Under her production company AE Entertainment, Ashley develops and produces a wide variety of story-driven video content for companies like UMG Nashville, ACM Lifting Lives, Pilgrimage Music Festival, and more. She is also the host of a monthly vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beth Hood
The Miss Tennessee USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Tennessee in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant is directed by Greenwood Productions under the ownership of Miss Tennessee USA 1989, Kimberly Payne Greenwood, since 1992. Since 1999, the pageant has been held at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. Lynnette Cole, Miss Tennessee USA 2000, and Rachel Smith, Miss Tennessee USA 2007, are the only titleholders to win the Miss USA title and both previously won the Miss Tennessee Teen USA title. Six Miss Tennessee USA titleholders have formerly competed at Miss Tennessee Teen USA, and six have competed at Miss America. One of these is Allison Alderson, a "triple crown" winner who has held the Miss Tennessee Teen USA, Miss Tennessee, and Miss Tennessee USA titles, competing at all three major pageants. Emily Suttle of Franklin was crowned Miss Tennessee USA 2022 on March 12, 2022. She represented Tennessee for the ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss America Award Winners
The most frequently presented Miss America awards are for preliminary talent and swimsuit. The talent award was introduced in 1936, and the swimsuit award in 1940. In the 2000s, preliminary awards for evening gown and interview were briefly introduced but were discontinued after two years as it was felt that they made the semi-finalists too predictable. Other awards include Miss Congeniality, given out in the early years of the pageant and re-introduced at Miss America 2006, and the Quality of Life Award for a contestant's platform, first awarded in 1989. Preliminary awards Preliminary on stage interview/Social Impact Pitch award Preliminary talent award Preliminary swimsuit award There have multiple instances of ties for this preliminary award. This occurred at Miss America pageants in 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1972, 1979, 1987, and 1993. This award was discontinued since the Miss America 2019 competition and was replaced with state titleholders participating in a live int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Gore
Grace Gore Sturdivant, AuD is an American beauty pageant titleholder who was named Miss Tennessee The Miss Tennessee competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Tennessee in the Miss America Scholarship Competition. Lauren Dickson of Parsons was crowned Miss Tennessee 2022 on June 25, 2022 at the Cannon Cente ... 2007 and Miss Mississippi Teen USA 2002. Biography She is a doctor of audiology and the founder and president of Graceful Sounds, Inc., a nonprofit organization that provides audiology services and hearing aids to children in need. She has been an assistant professor of audiologist at The University of Mississippi Medical Center. References American beauty pageant winners Miss America 2008 delegates Miss Tennessee winners Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-pageant-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayley Lewis (model)
Hayley Lewis (born June 7, 1993) is an American model, singer, and sportscaster. She was crowned Miss Tennessee on June 22, 2014, at the Carl Perkins Civic Center in Jackson, Tennessee. Her singing group placed fourth in the world in a Times Square vocal competition. Lewis supports the Children's Miracle Network after receiving support from a badly broken arm when she was four years old. She's currently working as a Sports Anchor at KSHB-TV at Kansas City, Missouri. Early life and college Lewis is born in Kansas City, Missouri and graduated from Belmont University She interned at WKRN-TV in Nashville, Tennessee while at college. Career Before going to KSHB-TV and back to her hometown in 2019, she worked at KEZI Kezi may refer to: * Kezi, Iran * Kezi, Zimbabwe Khezi is a village in Matobo District, Matabeleland South province in zimbabwe,https://www.mindat.org/feature-888965.html located south of Bulawayo and from Maphisa, a small town which serves ... at Eugene, Oreg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandler Lawson
Chandler Lawson (born January 14, 1990) is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Tullahoma, Tennessee who was named Miss Tennessee 2012. Biography Lawson was born in Springfield, Missouri, but grew up in Tullahoma, Tennessee. She won the title of Miss Tennessee on June 23, 2012, when she received her crown from outgoing titleholder Erin Hatley. Lawson's platform is "5 Loaves 4 Kids," a non-profit program she founded in 2007 that provides meals for low income students. Her competition talent was a vocal rendition of Adele's “Turning Tables.” Lawson is a graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UT-Chattanooga, UTC, or Chattanooga) is a public university in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. It was founded in 1886 and is one of four universities and two other affiliated institutions in the ... with a degree in political science. Ms. Lawson is a graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Law and practi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erin Hatley
Erin Hatley is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Bartlett, Tennessee who was named Miss Tennessee 2011. Biography She won the title of Miss Tennessee on June 18, 2011, when she received her crown from outgoing titleholder Nicole Jordan. Her competition talent was a vocal rendition of the opera aria "O mio babbino caro." Hatley is a senior at the University of Memphis, majoring in business administration. Hatley was a member of the Gamma Zeta chapter of Alpha Gamma Delta Alpha Gamma Delta (), also known as Alpha Gam, is an international women's fraternity and social organization. It was founded on May 30, 1904, by eleven female students at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, making it the youngest member .... References External links * * * Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American beauty pageant winners Miss America 2012 delegates Miss Tennessee winners People from Bartlett, Tennessee University of Memphis alumni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannah Robison
Hannah Williams Robison (born January 4, 1994) is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Paris, Tennessee, who was crowned Miss Tennessee 2015. She competed for the Miss America 2016 crown and placed in the Top 7 finalists. Pageant career Early pageants Robison began playing the piano at age 7 and competing in pageants when she was just 12 years old. Her first pageant was at " The World's Biggest Fish Fry" festival in Paris, Tennessee. In 2010, at age 16, Robison was named "Hostess Princess" at the World's Biggest Fish Fry event. (Her mother, Pam, won the Hostess Princess title in 1979.) Also in 2010, she won the title "Tennessee's Miss Teen All American" and was named "Fairest of the Fair" at the Henry County Fair. Robison won the statewide Tennessee's Fairest of the Fair title in 2011. Vying for Miss Tennessee On October 28, 2012, Robison won the Miss Tennessee Valley 2013 title. She competed as one of 36 qualifiers in the 2013 Miss Tennessee pageant with the platform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
