Jessica Jones, a student at Cape Girardeau Central Junior High School, will compete in the Miss Teen USA Pageant in Columbia, Mo., today.
Jones is a member of Beta Club, French Club, Red Dagger drama club, Girl Scouts and Job's Daughters.
If she is crowned Miss Missouri Teen USA, she will go on to represent the state in the CBS prime-time Miss Teen USA Pageant. Miss Teen USA will win as much as $150,000 in cash and prizes.
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