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Jalynn Sims, Miss Tennessee Princess, walked the runway!

Jalynn Sims, Miss Tennessee Princess, walked the runway! Jalynn walked in her first fashion show. She was a double booked model for Chattanooga Fashion Week. This organization raises awareness for Autism Speaks. Jalynn had a blast showing off her style as she walked the runway! Jalynn has also been asked to attend Miami Fashion Week as well as New York!

Spencer Petty, Miss Tennessee Teen, brings the Miss Amazing Pageant to Tennessee!

Spencer Petty, Miss Tennessee Teen and Director, of an inspiring 501(c)3 non-profit organization, Tennessee Miss Amazing Pageant. The mission of the Miss Amazing Pageant TM is to provide opportunities for girls and young women with disabilities to raise self-confidence through the skills learned in pageantry in a supportive environment. Even though this organization had been around since 2007 in 20 other states, it had not been held in Tennessee. So Spencer brought the first Miss Amazing pageant for the young ladies with disabilities in Tennessee on Saturday, Jan 3 and Sunday, Jan 4, 2015. After competing in National American Miss pageants for nine years she knew what pageants had done for her in increasing her confidence and she wanted to offer this same experience to young ladies with disabilities. They successfully reached their goal for the first year by:

registering 15 young ladies to participate
received over 500 “likes” on facebook
recruited 40 volunteers to help (Miss Amazing Pageants are run 100% with only volunteers)
secured over $10,000 of sponsor donations
collected 66 lbs of canned goods to donate to food bank (entry fee is 5 cans of food) and
increased the confidence of the young ladies that were given a chance to
- walk on stage and introduce themselves to the packed house of 150 family and friends
- interview one-on-one with three judges and
- learn how to be poised and graceful during evening gown.

When the weekend started they met timid and unsure young ladies that required much assistance but by the finale show they bravely executed each component without any assistance. Every participant is crowned a Princess and receives a trophy for their bravery and effort. We crowned the five age division Queens for Tennessee and they will be representing our state at the National Miss Amazing Pageant to be held in Los Angeles at the same time the Special Olympics World Games will be there in July, 2015. The Miss Amazing PageantTM is now in almost thirty states and has donated around $50,000 and 1,000 pounds of food to community organizations across the nation.

They were also featured in the Tennessean, check out the article here!

http://tnne.ws/1By3jSV

Shelby Beloate, Miss Tennessee Teen, was featured in her local paper.

Shelby Beloate, Miss Tennessee Teen, was featured in her local paper. Read the article to learn more about our Tennessee Teen Queen!

http://www.parispi.net/news/local_news/article_7e3a589e-6055-11e4-8e98-cf94fad1a84c.html#.VFKn7-TX1KA.email

Jalynn Sims, Miss Tennessee Princess met with Governor Bill Haslam.

 Jalynn Sims, Miss Tennessee Princess met with
Governor Bill Haslam. She was very excited to share this experience
with everyone. She met with him about school and sign language.
It was amazing experience for Jalynn .

Jalynn Sims, Miss Tennessee Princess, helped support Autism Speaks!

      Jalynn Sims,Miss Tennessee Princess, helped support
Autism Speaks! Jalynn walked on the Chattanooga Fashion Week Runway! 
Jalynn had a great time and was happy to help with such a good cause!

Jalynn Sims, Miss Tennessee Princess, donating time and supplies around town.

           Jalynn Sims,Miss Tennessee Princess Queen,has been donating time
and supplies around town. Jalynn has been busy since her crowning late July.
She has donated all her school supplies, made a guest appearance at St. Jude
Rodeo, visited McKamey Animal Shelter, where she donated lots of food and
toys to the animals as well as adopted her very own kitten Maddie.

Miss Tennessee Pre-Teen Kimberly Cox volunteers around town.

         Miss Tennessee Pre-Teen Kimberly Cox volunteers around town.
Kimberly met some local students atthe Back to School Bash and telling other
kids...Do Not Smoke! She also met with Mayor Howard Bradley, and one of his 
staff members Jodi Ballard, as well as the Springfield Police Chief Thompson.

Kimberly also met with News Channel 4 "Snow Bird"!Kimberly Cox with UT Extension-
4H Agent,Kathy Finley. Kimberly is an active member of 4H participating in public
speaking, talent competitions, and baking.

Kimberly was invited to volunteer at the Back to School Bash event at Springfield Middle
School with United Way of Robertson County. It is estimated that over 800 children were
present. She posed in photos with the students, and handed out school supplies and books.
Many local non-profits brought school supplies and volunteered as well. Everyone was
excited to hear that she will be representing the county at Nationals this November.
Kimberly was also interviewed by a local newspaper, RobertsonCounty Connection.

Miss Tennessee Princess Jalynn Sims is busy around town making donations!

Jalynn Sims started her first day as Miss Tennessee Princess by making book donations to her local libraries and school supplies to the area Walmart. She visited McDonalds where she made a cash donation to Ronald McDonald House. While out she also visited Parkridge West Hospital and Western Sizzlin in Jasper TN., and the South Pittsburgh TN. fire dept.

2013 National American Miss Tennessee Sarah Ford was featured in The Williamson Source.

2013 National American Miss Tennessee Miss Queen Sarah Ford was featured in The Williamson Source.

http://williamsonsource.com/junior-union-university-places-national-american-miss-competition/

Miss North Carolina Jr. Teen Alexandria Murphy helps out at the Tennessee pageant.

National American Miss North Carolina Jr. Teen Queen Alexandria Murphy helps out at the Tennessee pageant.

Miss North Carolina Jr. Teen Alexandria Murphy helps out at the Tennessee pageant. She helped with pageant check-in as well as being around to help answer questions and lend a smiling face and encouragement. Alexandria had a great time helping out and being able to pass out trophies during the finales.