Myrrhanda jones miss florida biography
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Miss America Baton twirling Miss Florida wins talent with knee injury
Miss Florida, Myrrhanda Jones, won the night's talent category for her baton-twirling performance that garnered a standing ovation, even with an injured knee.
(Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-Ledger )
Myrrhanda Jones walked on stage with a brace.
She left with the night's top honor for a talent performance. And she wasn't a singer.
Jones, 20, took the award at the final installment of Miss America preliminaries tonight as Miss Florida. A baton twirler, she was electric from the moment she walked out, manipulating one baton, then two, earning a standing ovation from Boardwalk Hall.
Her father, Charles Jones, was visibly emotional given her win, telling a photographer that Myrrhanda had sustained an injury to her ACL, her family uncertain if she could even perform. A student at the University of Florida, she competed against a formidable string of performances in what was arguably the best of three nights for the talent category.
Also in the talent group tonight was Miss New Jersey, Cara McCollum, who gave knowing winks to the crowd during her piano performance, taking her bench after first setting a candelabra on top of the instrument. She wore a flowing red sash off the back of her
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Myrrhanda Jones
American beauty pageant titleholder
Myrrhanda Jones is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Gainesville, Florida who was named Miss Florida [1]
Biography
[edit]She won the title of Miss Florida on July 13, , when she received her crown from outgoing titleholder Laura McKeeman.[2] Jones' platform is support for “Comfort for Kids, Inc.”, a non-profit organization she founded after her sister died in an ATV accident.[1] Jones is a telecommunications major at the University of Florida.[2] She won the preliminary talent competition for her baton twirling routine in the week prior to the Miss America pageant, despite suffering a torn ACL and MCL in rehearsal just a few hours prior to her scheduled performance. During Miss America , she performed with a decorated leg brace.[3][4][5][6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ ab"Miss Palm Coast Myrrhanda Jones crowned Miss Florida". July 17, Retrieved
- ^ ab"UF junior awarded Miss Florida title". July 16, Retrieved
- ^"Miss Florida, Despite Knee Injury, Wins Miss America Talent Competition". ABC News. September 13, Retrieved
- ^"Miss Florida Myrrhanda Jones' Bedazzled Knee Brace Gets Twitter