Tennessee's Junior Miss 2010 Chelsea Milligan of Gallatin and First Alternate Anna-Carson Rimer of Ooltewah meet after Saturday's finals at the Dixon Center on the Lee University campus in Cleveland.
photo by Wendy King
Gallatin's Junior Miss Chelsea Milligan was selected Tennessee's Junior Miss 2010 Saturday evening in Cleveland.
Chosen as first alternate was Anna-Carson Rimer of Ooltewah.
For the second straight year, a student from the Merrill-Hyde Magnet School in Hendersonville and Ooltewah's Junior Miss finished one-two at the state program.
Miss Milligan, who succeeds Katharine Kolp, won Overall Interview and preliminaries in Self-Expression and Scholastics. Miss Rimer, a senior at Girls' Preparatory School, won Overall Talent for her en pointe performance to "The Winter Fairy" as well as a Self-Expression preliminary. She is a member of the Civic Ballet of Chattanooga and dances with Massari Wood Dance Center.
Miss Rimer's GPS classmate, MerylAnne Dexter of Signal Mountain, won a preliminary Talent award for her vocal rendition of "Thank You for the Music".
Miss Milligan won a $5,000 scholarship and will compete at the 2010 America's Junior Miss next June in Mobile, Ala.
2010 Tennessee Junior Miss Awards
Overall Fitness – Katherine McGaha, Cocke County ($500 scholarship)
Preliminaries - Claire Pierce, Cleveland; Emily Roach, Knox County;
Overall Talent - Anna-Carson Rimer, Ooltewah ($500 scholarship)
Preliminaries – Katherine Callaway, Brentwood; MerylAnne Dexter, Signal Mountain;
Overall Self-Expression - Claire Pierce, Cleveland ($500 scholarship)
Preliminaries- Chelsea Milligan, Gallatin; Anna-Carson Rimer, Ooltewah;
Overall Interview – Chelsea Milligan, Gallatin ($500 scholarship)
Preliminaries - Sarah Witherspoon, Cumberland Valley; Grace Majors, Tullahoma;
Overall Scholastics – Sarah Witherspoon, Cumberland Valley; ($500 scholarship)
Preliminaries – Chelsea Milligan, Gallatin; Grace Majors, Tullahoma;
Spirit of Junior Miss – Jennifer Norwood, Lenoir City ($500 scholarship)
First Alternate – Anna-Carson Rimer, Ooltewah ($2,000 scholarship)
Tennessee’s Junior Miss 2010 – Chelsea Milligan, Gallatin ($5,000 scholarship)