What are your Hobbies?
praising, handbuilding, singing, dancing, playing the piano, putting on make-up, dressing up, shopping, fishing, mud football, snowboarding, wakeboarding, wakeskate, iceskate, GirlZniTe, taking pictures, traveling/roadtrips with my girlfriends, laughing, smiling, jokes, and the list goes on and on!
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What makes you special and unique?
I make the best of the gifts God has given me.
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What is the best advice you have ever received?
Always do your best at whatever you’re trying to do- it doesn’t matter if you succeed or fail; God IS going to put you where He wants you. Ultimately, God is in control.
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Name one thing you cannot live without.
My quiet time with God.
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What's the most valuable lesson you've ever learned?
Honoring your parents isn’t just about making them happy so you don’t have to hear them fuss, that’s just selfish. You are obedient to them to honor your Heavenly Father. That’s why God made it a commandment. Also, I’ve learned to give God my day planner!! If I am so busy selfishly making my own plans for my future, I’m wasting my time not doing what He has commanded me to do since day 1, which is to be fully submissive to Him.
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Who is your most valued role model and why?
My best friend, Hannah Langley. She is such an encouragement to me and her sisterly love goes beyond words. She was the person that God used to show me what it’s like to be in His presence. OH HOW AMAZING!
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What was your most unexpected moment?
My most unexpected moment would have to be my first (and only) wreck. Last summer in July I was coming home from a friend’s house and I got hit by an 18- wheeler. I was merging into the right lane to get on the interstate and I got sideswiped on the driver’s side of my Jeep. The first thing I saw was bright lights in all of my mirrors, then I heard a loud popping noise behind me which was the tire of the 18- wheeler coming up the side of my jeep popping out my back-right taillight. The truck kept riding up the side of my jeep, crushing everything inward. Then, my driver’s side window shattered all over me. All of a sudden, my Jeep gets slung out from under the truck and spins around in a clockwise motion, with debris flying everywhere- in my face, my mouth, out the windows- just everywhere but I never flipped! Then, I get hit again, this time the tire cuts across my whole side door crushing in the door on my legs and the dashboard into my chest. All I could think about was, “JESUS YOU’RE HERE! JESUS, JESUS, JESUS!!!”

I immediately felt the Jeep start to slow down and all the tires landed on the ground. Then, there was just this peace that fell over my Jeep and it slowly pulled itself over to the shoulder of the road and without me touching it, it stopped itself. I pulled myself out of the Jeep, ran around to the other side to and found my cell phone, and called my parents. The whole “Emergency Gang” (paramedics, Highway Patrol, Fire trucks, etc.) had arrived and I was sitting on the back of someone’s truck bed and I was just a grinning from ear to ear because of the AWESOME mercy God had just shown me. Haha, one of the paramedics even asked my mom if I was always this happy and she, very quickly, responded with a loud and proud, “OH YOU JUST HAVE NO IDEA!”

Later on after we all cooled down, somewhere in all the mix, my eyes fell on this tall man with a red shirt and blue jeans and he was kind of looking around with this blank look on his face. I knew who it was. I hopped off the truck bed and walked over to him and there was this brief moment of pause. We hugged each other and just cried. He thought he had killed me. I was so excited because I wanted him to know how divine God’s mercy was! Later, we exchanged phone numbers and finally went home and I, of course, slept with my parents (they wouldn’t let me out of their sight!). Oh how great sleeping was that night. Hallelujah! God kept me alive for a reason! He has a plan!
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What is your workout routine?
I am always moving in some way! I am so active all the time simply because I just can NOT stand still! When I sing, I praise with everything I have so I always find myself jumping up and down. I laugh constantly and I talk too much at the dinner table to actually finish my meal! Haha. But when I really want to get a great workout, I go running on the road behind my neighborhood that turns into this beautiful trail that eventually leads out to the reservoir. I love running up the hills and jumping over tree limbs- it just adds a little bit more excitement! Of course, I could never make it all alone, so I always love to take my weimeraner, Chloe.
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What has been your biggest accomplishment to date?
My biggest accomplishment to date would probably my most recent one because it meant so much to me: I won the art show at my school! YAY! I made a ceramic toothbrush holder that is just so adorable. One of my friends came up with a catchy name for it called, “Holder’s Holder.” Now, how corny is that? I love it! I was so excited (and shocked!) when I was announced the winner because I put so much into my artwork, but the funny thing about it is, I have never made my artwork for one particular person. I get out my laptop and turn on some really good music and sit there and talk to God while I construct this “thing” out of clay. I highly recommend you try it! You’ll be surprised!
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What is the best compliment you have ever received?
Tina Maughon- a friend and a worship leader from Tennessee told my mom that she just loved watching me praise because my worship was so pure and specifically for God and no one else. That is such an encouragement to me, since I am a praise and worship leader, to know that God really does shine through me and people can see what God does in me. That people can look at me and see how great it is to be in His presence!
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What is your secret wish?
I wish I could go on a magic carpet ride with Aladdin!! I know he’s a cartoon, but he is the most HANDSOME cartoon ever created! And how cool would it be to hover around on a flying carpet with a really hot cartoon? I mean, come on now!
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What was your most embarrassing moment?
My most embarrassing moment would have to be when I got stuck to the toilet seat with pageant tape after my ninth grade Beauty and Beau Pageant.

...you don't want to know the details...
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What is your biggest guilty pleasure?
MOST DEFINITELY eating chocolate chip cookie dough right out of the pail that you would get from SAMS and watching old, classic movies.
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What is your favorite movie and why?
Lone Star State of Mind, by far! It is just hilarious! Stupid funny! It makes me laugh out loud so hard it is absolutely impossible to be upset about anything after watching that movie!
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What do you like to do for fun... relaxation... recreation?
I sing, play the piano, write poetry, sometimes when it rains I sit out on my front porch; other times that it rains I’m playing mud football! I love to snowboard, wakeboard, and wake skate (I have yet to learn how to slalom, but when I figure that out, I’m sure I’ll enjoy it too!) I love to read my bible all the time. I also fly-fish with my daddy and I love to swim and run with Chloe (my weimeraner).
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What would be your dream vacation or destination?
ANYWHERE! EVERYWHERE is a good place! As long as I have my friends and a camera with me, it’s going to be fun! Earth was created by God, so what is there not to love about it?
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What do you like best about the state of Mississippi?
The people, by far. Everyone here is so inviting and welcoming. People are more selfless here than anywhere else, and those are the people that I want to represent.
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Where do you see yourself in ten years?
I can see myself in a village somewhere as a missionary spreading the word of God, but whether that's God's plan or not, who knows! He may have something totally different!!
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What extracurricular activities do you participate in?
As of right now, I am captain of the Madison Central Showchoir “The Sensations.” I leave the soccer and stuff up to the rest of my other friends!
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Who am I?
I am a seventeen year old girl that has finally learned what it means to give it all to God. He's taught me to cast my cares upon Him and trust that He will sustain me. And when He told me my faith can move a mountain, He wasn't kidding! My mountain may not be of dirt and stone, but it's the challenges that I face everyday. I have to admit that I can't do anything myself, but God is always there to get me out of a rutt. I am by no means perfect, but He loves me aside from all of my imperfections. And when I am around other people, I hope they see that they don't have to be perfect for God to fall in love with them -He already is! He was from day 1!

I have been blessed with a family and friends that keep me on my toes all the time! I have the most dysfunctional-dynamic family! Hahaha.. And my friends...well they're family, too! Really, my family and friends are the most spiritually encouraging people anyone can be around. I love spending time with them and learning so much from each person. No two of my friends are the same and by being so close to so many different kinds people, it's hard not have so many different personalities rub off on you! Therefore, I have grown to be VERY open minded about things. I don't know where I would be without them always calling me to go play mud football or to have a bonfire or just to pray together for a little while. They are so selfless and such servants for God and because He placed each and every one of them in my life, I learn so much and I'm growing so much in Him every day, becoming the young woman of God that He wants me to be! Hallelujah!

Entering this pageant isn't just for someone to tell me I'm pretty and beautiful, but this is a really big way to get people's attention and show them who God is! Yes I love to get dolled up, yes I love to wear pretty dresses, but NONE of that compares to how badly I want to make a difference in the lives of the girls I'm going to be with for this pageant. I've met every single one of them and I am ecstatic about seeing them, spending more time with them, and learning from them just as I do from all the rest of my friends! To all my pageant sisters: I can't wait to get to know y'all further! I pray blessings and blessings and more blessings over all of y'all! I would die if I had to judge this pageant! All of you have something so special to bring to this state as Miss Mississippi's Outstanding Teen. Good luck and I love y'all so much! Oh, and when are we all going shopping together? I declare a shopping day!
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Tell us about your platform.
These days, younger women don't really consider themselves to be a risk for breast cancer. While only 5% of all breast cancer cases occur in women under 40 years old, younger women are still at risk. Breast cancer can strike at any age, and women of every age should be aware of their personal risk factors. Breast cancer in younger women may be aggressive and less likely to respond to treatment and worse, many younger women who actually have breast cancer ignore the warning signs because they believe they are too young to get it.

Breast cancer is the leading cause of deaths of women from age 15-54. Even though breast cancer can't be prevented, early detection and prompt treatment can significantly improve a woman's chances of surviving breast cancer. And when women at a younger age learn about these risks and the benefits of early detection, they are more likely to follow the recommendations regarding exams and such. Young women need to understand their risk factors and know them further so they can start treatment early and avoid the major challenges of breast cancer.

The reason I am so passionate about this issue is because I almost lost my grandmother to breast cancer. My grandmother is one of the most influential women in my life and without her I wouldn't be half the girl I am today. God has taught me so much through her and breast cancer almost took her away from me. If there is a way that I can make a difference in other women's lives about that very thing, I will do whatever it takes because I've had a small taste of what it feels like to lose someone very dear to me to breast cancer. Other young girls may not be as blessed as I am to keep their grandmothers; therefore, I have taken the responsibility to do all that I can to get the word out there.
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