Taryn Leigh Foshee (born April 3, 1985), a Clinton, Mississippi native, is a beauty queen who won the 2003

Miss Clinton Miss (pronounced ) is an English language honorific typically used for a girl, for an unmarried woman (when not using another title such as "Doctor" or "Dame"), or for a married woman retaining her maiden name. Originating in the 17th century, it ...

pageant while a pupil at Hillcrest Christian School and received a commendation from the

Mississippi Legislature The Mississippi Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Mississippi. The bicameral Legislature is composed of the lower Mississippi House of Representatives, with 122 members, and the upper Mississippi State Senate, with 52 me ...

. Subsequently, Foshee won the 2006 Miss Mississippi pageant, and later placed as third runner-up in the

Miss America Miss America is an annual competition that is open to women from the United States between the ages of 17 and 25. Originating in 1921 as a "bathing beauty revue", the contest is now judged on competitors' talent performances and interviews. As ...

pageant on January 29, 2007, in Las Vegas, Nevada."Miss Mississippi makes it to top 5 in Miss America pageant"
Chris Joyner, Hattiesburg American, 15 February 2007

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* * Miss America 2007 delegates People from Clinton, Mississippi Living people 1985 births {{US-pageant-bio-stub