CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – Christell Foote, Miss Rocky Top, was crowned Miss Tennessee USA 2024 Saturday evening at Austin Peay State University. Foote will represent Tennessee at the Miss USA pageant in August from Hollywood, California.

Rounding out the top five finalists among the 57 contestants in the Miss Tennessee USA pageant were:

• Madison Kunst, Miss Madison County – First Runner Up
• Kennedy Mosley, Miss Heart of Tennessee – Second Runner Up
• Desiree Dyson, Miss Tipton County – Third Runner Up
• Emma Conn, Miss College Grove – Fourth Runner Up

Also presented during the event were the People’s Choice Award, given to Miss Queen City Frankie Moore Purdie, Miss Congeniality, also awarded to Purdie, and Most Photogenic, awarded to Miss Clarksville Sydney Grace Young.

Hosts for the evening were Allee-Sutton Hethcoat, Miss Tennessee USA 2017, and Cody Alan, CMT on-air personality who was recently inducted into the Country Radio Hall of Fame.

Miss Tennessee Teen USA

Townsend Blackwell, Miss Lakeland, was crowned Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2024 Saturday afternoon. Blackwell will represent Tennessee at the Miss Teen USA pageant in August from Hollywood.

In her final interview, Blackwell stressed the importance of disconnecting from technology, not comparing ourselves to others on social media, and being outside and active for good mental and physical health.

Rounding out the top five finalists among the 25 contestants in the Miss Tennessee Teen USA pageant were:

• Ruthie Richey, Miss Memphis – First Runner Up
• Claire Willis, Miss Rocky Top – Second Runner Up
• Lola Klaire Chappell, Miss Wilson County – Third Runner Up
• Elena Rowland Anzoategui, Miss Rock Island – Fourth Runner Up

Miss Nashville Kennedy Bragg was named Miss Congeniality. The People’s Choice Award, voted on prior to the pageant, went to Elizabeth Mora, Miss Robertson County.

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Outgoing Miss Tennessee Teen USA, Blye Allen, is a resident of Knoxville, Tenn. where she is an honor student at Christian Academy of Knoxville. Allen’s advice to the 2024 titleholder: “You are in store for a life-changing year. Soak it all in.”

Under the direction of Greenwood Productions, Inc., the Miss Tennessee USA pageants are affiliated with the Miss Universe Organization and have been hosted in Clarksville since 1999. Greenwood Productions is under the direction of Kimberly Payne Greenwood, Miss Tennessee USA 1989 and wife of Grammy award winner, Lee Greenwood. Information about all delegates can be found at www.misstennesseeusa.com.

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