Getting to know

Miss Southwest

Joy Elizabeth Powell

 

Hometown: Brookhaven, MS

School: Mississippi State University

Major: Broadcast Journalism

Talent: Vocal - "Son of a Preacher Man"

Platform: Creating Awareness in Helping Mississippi Soldiers at War and the Children They Leave Behind

What are your Hobbies?
What makes you special and unique?
What is the best advice you have ever received?
Name one thing you cannot live without.
What is the most valuable lesson you ever learned?
Who is your most valued role model and why?
What was your most unexpected moment?
What is your workout routine?
What has been your biggest accomplishment to date?
What is the best compliment you have ever recieved?
What is your secret wish?
What was your most embarrassing moment?
What is your biggest guilty pleasure?
What is your favorite movie and why?
What do you like to do for fun... relaxation... recreation?
What would be your dream vacation or destination?
What do you like best about the state of Mississippi?
Where do you see yourself in ten years?
Who am I?
Tell us about your platform.

What are your Hobbies?
Singing, dancing, horseback riding and fishing with my younger brother Jameson.
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What makes you special and unique?
I believe we all have special gifts that make us unique. I am blessed to have the gift of gab and I love meeting new people and can communicate with all types and all ages!
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What is the best advice you have ever received?
My mom has always told me to be myself and not focus or think about what everyone else is doing.
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Name one thing you cannot live without.
My Family!!! They are my support system and are always there for me in everything I do.
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What's the most valuable lesson you've ever learned?
Learning to take constructive criticism. Some of the most important changes in my life have come from listening to those that have my best interest at heart.
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Who is your most valued role model and why?
My Mom! She is my rock and I hope and pray I can be just like her one day.
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What was your most unexpected moment?
Being crowned Homecoming Queen at my high school my senior year. It was a great and unexpected honor I will always treasure.
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What is your workout routine?
We have an awesome workout facility at MS State. I enjoy my ab class and playing a little three-on-three basketball with my friends.
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What has been your biggest accomplishment to date?
Attending a major university in Mississippi and preparing for my future.
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What is the best compliment you have ever recieved?
I am a loyal friend. My mom has always told me in order to have good friends you have to be good friends.
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What is your secret wish?
I can't tell, it's a secret!
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What was your most embarrassing moment?
My on stage question at the state Miss Hospitality pageant! It was so bad I don't want to talk about it.
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What is your biggest guilty pleasure?
Sunflower seeds! Yum! Yum! My mom says they are disgusting and bad for my teeth.
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What is your favorite movie and why?
Gone with the Wind! I love the way they dressed and I dream of being Scarlett.
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What do you like to do for fun... relaxation... recreation?
I enjoy the beach and reading a great book.
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What would be your dream vacation or destination?
I want to see Germany. It is full of history that I have only read about.
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What do you like best about the state of Mississippi?
We have great food along with beautiful people to cook it!
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Where do you see yourself in ten years?
I hope to be using my degree and making lots of money!
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Who am I?
I love my life and I love to have fun and spend time with my friends. There is nothing more fun than hanging out with friends and eating our favorite foods. I love Wendy's Chili, Gumbo and Sushi.

I grew up in a small town and we had to be very creative in order to find new things to do. Because of that I can pretty much have fun anywhere.

I am very blessed to have a loving family that supports me in all my endeavors. I have many dreams I have yet to pursue!
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Tell us about your platform.
My Dad has been to war twice in my lifetime. It was probably the hardest thing I or my family have been through. If it had not been for our friends and family I am not sure we would have made it through this time.

Because I have experienced this first hand twice in my life, I know how the families and children of Mississippi feel who have parents away at war right now. So often we are so busy with our everyday lives that we forget there are men and women fighting for our freedom and have had to leave their home and loved ones.

It is important that we not only remember these men and women but that we take care of the families they have left behind.
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