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Date Posted: 11:18:20 09/25/06 Mon
Clinton's Foshee wins '06 pageant
During a TV commercial break before the start of the talent competition, Miss Byram Tri-County Taryn Leigh Foshee of Clinton took a seat at the Baldwin piano that had been rolled to center stage of the Miss Mississippi Pageant here Saturday night at the Vicksburg Convention Center. She confidently smiled at those in the audience, as if maybe she knew something they didn't.
Foshee tore through the rollicking Spanish number El Cumbanchero with the speed and efficiency of a Jerry Lee Lewis, not a note turning sour. Fans roared their approval as she stood and bowed. At that moment, Foshee admitted later, she had a feeling she might win.
And she did.
Foshee, a 5-foot-4, blue-eyed brunette who graduated from Hillcrest Christian School in 2003 and attends Mississippi State University, was crowned Miss Mississippi, completing her dream after finishing second runner-up the past two years. She advances to the Miss America Pageant in January.
"I have to give my parents a lot of credit for keeping me positive and giving me the confidence to continue trying," Foshee said, standing onstage a half hour after she was crowned by outgoing Miss Mississippi Kristian Dambrino of Grenada. "They've always told me I can do anything I put my mind to."
In the audience, as the finalists were announced, her father, Jim Foshee, wasn't sure she had won.
"I can't get used to them announcing the first runner-up, and the other person actually wins," he said, smiling. "(Wife) Kathleen was acting crazy, and I was just sitting there. I finally asked her 'Did she really win?' It's something that will leave you speechless."
Said Foshee's mother, Kathleen, her left arm wrapped around the couple's youngest daughter, 19-year-old Victoria: "Taryn stuck it out. This is something she's always had her heart set on."
Miss William Carey College Lacey Cherie Cofield of Wiggins was first runner-up.
Second runner-up was Miss University of Mississippi Tara Tutor of Pontotoc. Miss Dixieland Amanda-Paige Whittington of Mize finished third runner-up.
Miss Hattiesburg Rachael Shannon of Terry earned fourth runner-up.
"Taryn is in for a lot of hard work, but it's a tremendous honor and her life is changed forever," said Susan Akin, the last Miss Mississippi who went on to win Miss America in 1986.
Akin watched the pageant on television from her Jackson area home.
Other members of the Top 10 were: Miss Itawamba Community College Corie Philece Stanford of Saltillo; Miss Madison The City Lindsey Cacamo of Madison; Miss Historic Crossroads Jessica Rene Sparks of Belmont; Miss Northridge Anna Elizabeth Tadlock of McCool; and Miss Meridian Ashley Buckman of Bay Springs.
Emcees of the show, which followed a Wizard of Oz theme, were producer/actor Michael Young and 1981 Miss America Susan Powell.
Fourteen contestants, including Miss Metro Jackson Catherine Anne Carter, were awarded scholarships.
Miss Grenada County Lauren Vance won the $2,500 Cellular South scholarship for receiving the most text message votes.
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