Miss Tennessee Valley Meredith Maroney
Miss Tennessee Valley Meredith Maroney and Miss Chattanooga Caty Davis not only swept Friday’s preliminary awards at the Miss Tennessee Pageant, the University of Tennessee at Knoxville students were honored earlier in the day at the Parents’ Luncheon for their community service accomplishments.
The two Scenic City Pageants representatives are attempting to become the franchise’s fourth Miss Tennessee winner in the last five years tonight when the field of 35 contestants is reduced to the top 15 finalists who will compete for the $13,000 scholarship that will be awarded to the new titleholder succeeding former Miss Scenic City Hannah Robison. The coverage at www.eplustv6.com begins at 9pm.
Miss Maroney’s performance of “Somewhere” from the iconic West Side Story resulted in a talent victory that was preceded by receiving a $1,000 Public Relations Award Scholarship for selling the most program book ads. The junior Communications major is a native of Jackson which has hosted the pageant for over 60 years.
Miss Davis, a senior majoring in Psychology, added the Lifestyle and Fitness Award to the $1,000 Miss America State Community Service Award the Knoxville resident received for her platform of “Addiction Doesn’t Define Me: Empowering Families Affected by Substance Abuse” as well as the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Medal for exceptional accomplishments in academics, fitness and leadership.
The Scenic City directors Rodney Hullender, Keith Brown and Bobbie Nation, all of whom work at the East Brainerd hair salon Splash!, were honored as the Co-Local Directors of the Year by the state organization for producing six Miss Tennessee winners since the program’s inception 14 years ago. The three title local preliminary is open statewide and is one of the most competitive in the Miss America Organization attracting contestants from throughout Tennessee. The 2017 program will be held on Aug. 27 at Chattanooga State.
Miss Chattanooga Caty Davis