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NewsNovember 3, 1996

Shelly Johnson will be retiring as Miss Jackson. Johnson, who won last year's pageant, will also perform with the Missouri Girls during the pageant on Nov. 16. Kimberly Massaro, Miss Missouri 1996, was the fourth runner-up at this year's Miss America pageant and will perform with the Missouri Girls at Miss Jackson...

Shelly Johnson will be retiring as Miss Jackson. Johnson, who won last year's pageant, will also perform with the Missouri Girls during the pageant on Nov. 16.

Kimberly Massaro, Miss Missouri 1996, was the fourth runner-up at this year's Miss America pageant and will perform with the Missouri Girls at Miss Jackson.

The Miss Jackson pageant will be held Nov. 16 at 7:30 p.m. at Jackson High School. Pageant director Mary Beth Williams and volunteers are getting everything in order for the preliminary pageant for Miss Missouri 1997.

There will also be a Miss Christmas crowned that night. At 2 p.m. Miss Junior Christmas, Miss Holly, Little Miss Snowball and Little Miss Snowflake will be crowned.

Little Miss Snowball and Miss Christmas started in 1992. Miss Jackson was added in 1993 as a preliminary to Miss Missouri.

Williams said that entries are coming in and she expects that about 75 will enter in the pageants.

The deadline for entries is Nov. 8. After that there will be no more entries accepted.

All rehearsals except for Miss Jackson will be held on Thursday, Nov. 14.

Rehearsal for Miss Jackson will be held in the morning on Nov. 16, because girls from across the state will enter the pageant.

Williams said that a highlight of the pageant will be when the Missouri Girls perform.

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They will perform song and dance numbers and will headline the show. They willalso introduce the contestants and perform throughout the show.

Missouri Girls are selected by the producer of the Miss Missouri Pageant and are very talented girls, Williams said.

Terri Tomlin is the production coordinator for the pageant and said her job will be coordinating what goes on stage, lights and sound and everything else that needs to be done in between.

She said that she will have a lot of help from volunteers and they will all follow a master booklet prepared by Williams that guides them through the pageant.

The pageant is sponsored by the American Business Womens Association. The chapter in Jackson has 40 members that will help with the pageant.

Their mission is to support scholarships for women.

The winner and the runner-ups will receive scholarships. The winner will receive the largest scholarship while the runners-up will get $100 scholarships each.

Right now there is $1700 to give away in scholarships in the Miss Jackson Scholarship Fund, according to Williams.

Each girl that enters in the pageants will be given a package of gifts donated from people and businesses in Jackson and the surrounding area.

"They've been very generous over the years," Williams said.

Also, winners in other pageants will receive tickets to Six Flags, savings bonds and gift certificates.

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