#misstnclassof17

Wish me luck as I head into my interview! I'm so excited to share my heart with the judges for 10 minutes at 4:45 p.m. CST; thank you all SO much for all of your love, support, texts, calls, and encouraging words! I'm so exited to meet our panel of 6 amazing judges and share my passion and drive with them 💜 #ENDALZ #esther414 #MissScenicCity #MissTNClassof17 #crownchristine (at All Suites Hotel Jackson)

Checked in and ready to go for Miss Tennessee week! It definitely doesn't hurt to start the week by getting a check for selling ad pages- so excited for this week with my 35 beautiful sisters! #GoingToJackson #MissScenicCity #MissTNClassof17 #MissAmerica #MissTennessee (at City of Jackson Carl Perkins Civic Center)

It's the last day of the Miss Tennessee social media challenge! Today is #ServiceSaturday- service, for me, is the most important point of the @missamerica crown- and I've decided to post about my platform issue, Alzheimer's Disease. My family has lost 4 family members to this Terrible disease, and currently 110,000 tennesseeans are living with Alzheimer's disease and 5.4 million Americans are as well. This disease robs people of their memories and ability to live independently, and it claims a new victim every 66 seconds. Most of the caregivers for people with Alzheimer's are their children and grandchildren, and many caregivers still are in high school and college. I remember visiting my grandfather in his nursing home and holding his hand while watching his favorite programs and listening to music from the 1940s that he loved. Alzheimer's took away the essence of the grandpa that I knew. It took away his independence, his ability to live on his own, his ability to walk on his own, and to eat on his own. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about how much I miss my grandfather. My mom, his daughter, had to become a parent to grandpa. She was his caregiver- She became his everything. Every single day this happens to another child, another grandchild. Another family is robbed of memories every 66 seconds. And that's why I'm an advocate. That's why I serve as the @alzassociation state congressional advocate for Tennessee and national ambassador. That's why I've travelled to Washington for 3 consecutive years. That's why I've lobbied our nation's leaders. Because we can't afford to keep losing Americans to Alzheimer's. Because it's time we started making memories every 66 seconds. #CountdownToTheTNCrown #MissTNClassof17 #GoingToJackson #MissTennessee #MissAmerica #MissScenicCity (at Washington, District of Columbia)

Made it to jackson for Miss Tennessee week! Well... a little early anyway. So excited to be back this year!! #MissTNClassof17 #MissScenicCity #GoingToJackson #JKALREADYHERE #MissAmerica #MissTennessee (at Doubletree Jackson)

Day 6 of the #MissTennessee social media challenge! Today is #FlashbackFriday to our crowning moment!! In October I was crowned Miss Scenic City in my beautiful 2nd home of Chattanooga and the Scenic City has really become my second home. From having my Scenic City family by my side through every step of this journey to taking in the (literal) scenic sights in East Tennessee, every moment has been better than the one before it. My directors and team have been behind me every step of the way and it's such an indescribably invigorating feeling to go into Miss Tennessee week knowing these incredible people have my back. This has been one of the most incredible years and I thank God every day for this amazing opportunity 💜 #CountdownToTheTNCrown #MissTNClassof17 #GoingToJackson #MissTennessee #MissAmerica #MissScenicCity Dress from @joannsofunioncity by @thepaigedennis and @johnathankayne , earrings by @stefaniesomers , shoes by @tonybowls , tan by @fakebakeusa @fakebakeunited , hair and makeup by @pamela_chamber , event held at @chattstate , nails by @nyzluvcool with @nailbarandco (at Chattanooga State Community College)