Oh, everybody knows how popular pageants are in the South! They start ‘em when those girls are wee little babies and soon, they have hopes of being Miss America. I have won and judged many pageants myself.
My favorite online pageant is the www.missamericanrose.com system. They have divisions for all ages and even boys. I was their National Queen a few years back. It was so much fun! I was in parades, I had beautiful gowns, I was all over the tv news, it was just great. We even sponsored a little Guatamalan girl, Maribel, as a community service. If you’d like to enter, check out their website and tell Lynanne that you read about it on Southern Fried!
Miss American Rose has lovely young ladies from the South who wanted you to get to know them.
Christy Renee' Younce-Rach
I'm Christy Renee' Younce-Rach, the 2005-2006 Miss American Rose National Civic Queen. I'm a native of Elizabethton, Tennessee. I married an absolutely wonderful man, Chris, on December 31st of 2002. In my spare time, I enjoy traveling, photography, volunteering, church activities, pageants, and spending time with friends and family. I've been active in the pageant world for nearly 10 years, holding over 50 titles in the Miss, Ms., Ms. Lady, Ms. Plus, and Mrs. divisions. I enjoy reaching out to others through the world of pageantry, by showing the world that in order to be a "beauty queen" you no longer have to be a size 5-- beauty comes in ALL shapes and sizes.
I love to listen to music, and have a great appreciation of all types of music. My favorites tend to be 70's, 80's, 90's, and alternative. Joan Osborne is my favorite artist.
I'm very active in my church, and have been a youth leader for going on 2 years. I believe in taking an active role in the lives of our youth, and showing them that Christian living can definitely be fun!
I love my southern heritage, and am currently completing my family tree for Daughters of the Confederacy. It's been an honor representing the great southern state of Tennessee in the world of pageantry!
Shantel Dixon
I am the National Talent Princess for Miss American Rose. Last year I held the title of Ms. American Rose National Queen (division winner). Prior to that, I was the National Career Princess for the system. As you can tell, I really believe in the system of Miss American Rose because I continue to compete. I aspire to be the National Supreme Queen.
I passed the state bar exam on the first try in September of 2001. I worked in a large law firm until I left private practice to take an in house counsel job with a large international insurance company so that I could “de-stress” my life in anticipation of our impending adoption of our first child. I am working a lot less and still have the opportunity to achieve and be recognized with this company.
I love scrapbooking and photography, as well as writing short stories. I do all my writing by dictation - that is I dictate my stories and have someone type them up for me. You would think by now that I would have great typing skills, but alas, I do not. My stories tend to center around pageant kids and their families, since that is one thing about which I know!
I am currently President of the Mississippi Children's Home Services Auxiliary and Secretary of my church's Ladies Auxiliary (companion to Knights of Columbus Council 848). With the Children's Home, I work on the Wine Tasting, the Silent Auction, our Princess Parties (etiquette classes) and monthly birthday parties. Part of my job as President of the Mississippi Children's Home Services Auxiliary is to sit on the board of directors for MCHS. With the church, I am active in Sew Days where we make vestments for the priests who lost theirs in Hurricane Katrina, the annual Garage Sale and our Lenten Bake Sales. We also make HOPE bags for ladies who are seeking shelter at the battered women and children's shelter run by Catholic Charities.
Southern Pageant Ladies! - Col. Tamar Alexia Fleishman
