Kristi Lynn Addis Hickman is an American beauty queen from

Holcomb, Mississippi Holcomb is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Grenada County, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Grenada Micropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census the community had a population of 600. Holcomb ...

, who was

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1987.

Biography

Hickman was named

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1987 and went on to win the

title on July 21, 1987, in El Paso, Texas. She remains today as the only Miss Teen USA pageant winner from Mississippi. She remained in school during her year as Miss Teen USA and traveled on weekends and holidays, advocating for

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's "

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" program in schools. As Miss Teen USA she received prizes worth $150,000, attended a festival in

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and received a part in the television series ''

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''. In high school Addis was a point guard on the three-time state championship-winning basketball team and was one of Mississippi's best high school mile runners. She won six national championship twirling titles and was picked compete in a potential twirling team for the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

. After holding the Miss Teen USA title Addis attended the

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. She graduated with a degree in broadcast journalism and was the feature baton twirler for the "Pride of the South" marching band in the 1989, 1990, and 1991 seasons. After various forays in acting and broadcast work, she became a

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in 1996. She is involved with an

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women's ministry outside Atlanta, Georgia.

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* Living people 1971 births Miss Teen USA winners People from Grenada County, Mississippi University of Mississippi alumni {{US-pageant-bio-stub