Miss mississippi chelsea rick biography

Veteran competitors were the winners in Friday night’s preliminary competition at the annual Miss Mississippi Pageant held at the Vicksburg Convention Center.
Miss Turtle Creek Jordin Johnson and Miss University of Southern Mississippi Kimberly Page tied for talent preliminary and Miss Riverland Jasmine Murray was the winner of the swimsuit preliminary, making her a double preliminary winner after winning talent Wednesday.
Johnson, a year-old Meridian native performed a lyrical acrobatic dance to Whitney Houston’s “I Have Nothing.”
Johnson said she was a competitive dancer, a gymnast and cheerleader and decided to combine all three elements in her performance.
Johnson said she has put in many hours of practice preparing for the competition.
“I have worked really really hard every day. I would go to the studio and gym everyday after school until or 9 at night, she said, and being on stage and winning talent just shows that all that hard work has paid off.”

Johnson is a student at the University of Southern Mississippi and is pursing a degree in nursing.
Page, a year-old Ellisville native said she has been singing all her life and was glad she chose to perform “I (Who Have Nothing), which was based on the Italian song “Uno Dei Tanti” and released in English by Ben E. King in
“I have been wanting to sing this song for several years — this is my fourth year and it had always been our second choice and I guess it should have been our first choice, “she said.
Page is pursing a degree in communications from USM.
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Chelsea Rick said it was her childhood dream to become Miss Mississippi.

With her mother’s encouragement, the Fulton native has spent a year living that dream.

“My mother always taught me ambition trumps genius,” said Rick, “I knew this was a stepping stone for my future.”

Rick said the scholarships she was awarded will allow her to continue toward becoming a doctor, and with less debt she would be able to practice medicine in smaller communities that don’t pay big salaries.

On Saturday night, Rick’s reign will end when she turns over her title and crown, but her year of experiences as one of the state’s ambassadors is something she gets to keep.

“One of my favorite moments as Miss Mississippi occurred at an appearance during Senior American Day,” Rick said.

“It was not long after getting back from Miss America and I had a really long meet and greet and signed a couple hundred autographs for grandkids, a lot of grandkids.”

It was the performance that followed that will stay with her for life.

Rick sang “An American Trilogy” to an audience filled with veterans.

“They began to rise to their feet and put their hats over their hearts,” she said. “It was so moving to me. They are the greatest generation.”

Rick said her year as Miss Mississippi also was spent promoting her platform Full Plates, Healthy States, which addresses child hunger.

“This has been something I have been working for since I was 13 years old,” Rick said. “I will continue to be an advocate for hunger for the rest of my life until it is obliterated.”

Full Plates, Healthy States raises awareness on the issue and addresses the need for healthy food, she said.

“Mississippi is No. 1 in childhood obesity and yet we have children

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American beauty pageant titleholder

Hannah Camille Roberts (born August 21, ) is an American beauty pageanttitleholder from Mount Olive, Mississippi. She was named the Distinguished Young Woman of Mississippi in and crowned Miss Mississippi Roberts competed for the Miss America title on September 13, , and was named first runner-up.

Pageant career

Early pageants

In July , Roberts won the Covington County's Junior Miss title and competed in July finals for the state Distinguished Young Woman title. After two days of competition in talent, fitness, scholastic achievement, and self-expression, Roberts was named Distinguished Young Woman of Mississippi She earned a $10, scholarship prize from the Mississippi Junior Miss Scholarship Foundation and the right to compete for the national title. Roberts was named second runner-up for the national title in June , earning a $15, scholarship prize. She also won $1, scholarships for scholastic and talent category awards plus $1, for winning the Bel Air Mall Community Service Award.

In October , Roberts won the Miss University of Southern Mississippi title. She competed in the Miss Mississippi pageant in July with the platform "Pages of Love" and a classical violin performance in the talent portion of the competition. She was named first runner-up to winner Chelsea Rick. Roberts skipped the competition season to focus on her studies.

Miss Mississippi

In October , Roberts was crowned Miss University of Southern Mississippi which made her eligible to compete at the Miss Mississippi pageant. She entered the state pageant at the Vicksburg Convention Center in June as one of 30 qualifiers. Roberts's competition talent was a shred of the classical violin perf