Miss Chattanooga Sam Havenstrite
photo by Darren Lykes
Miss Chattanooga Sam Havenstrite won Wednesday’s Swimsuit Preliminary in the first round of competition at The Miss Tennessee Volunteer Pageant (no longer affiliated with the Miss America Organization) in Jackson.
Ms. Havenstrite is a junior majoring in Finance at Southern Methodist University in Dallas and is the third consecutive Chattanooga entrant to win a swimsuit preliminary at the state pageant.
Miss Queen City Noelle Thompson won talent with her yodel/vocal to “I Wanna Be A Cowboy’s Sweetheart."
Preliminaries continue Thursday at 9 .p.m and is being live streamed at www.eplustv6.com.
The finals will be held on Saturday where the winner receives a $25,000 scholarship.
photo by Darren Lykes