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Pearl River Resort hosts pageants
CHOCTAW – Pearl River Resort has announced that the 2023 Miss Mississippi USA and Miss Mississippi Teen USA Pageants will be held at the Silver Star Convention Center, March 31-April 1.
Pearl River Resort has been the home of the Miss Mississippi USA pageants several years now, providing young ladies that participate an opportunity to create a lifetime of memories.
after her father was incarcerated when she was a child. She said she wants to make a difference and erase the negative stigma surrounding incarceration and to be a voice for other children of incarcerated parents.
Current titleholders Hailey White, Miss Mississippi USA 2022, and McKenzie Cole, Miss Mississippi Teen USA 2022, will relinquish their crowns following a year of representing the state at various events and functions. The titleholders will represent Mississippi in their respective roles at the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageants scheduled for the fall.
Tickets to the pageant are available at etix. com. General admission is $55 and platinum admission is $100. Prices do not include
“We are very excited to hold our upcoming
event more centrally located in the state at
the gorgeous Pearl River Resort,” said Kim
Greenwood, pageant director. “The magic found
at the Pearl River Resort will be the perfect host
for the most beautiful and accomplished young
women from across the state of Mississippi
vying for the titles of Miss Mississippi USA and Miss Mississippi Teen USA”. The winners of these two events will travel on to the national competitions of Miss USA and Miss Teen USA.
It was only recently, 2021, that history was made at this pageant. Asya Branch, who hails from Booneville, Mississippi, became the first African American to be named Miss Mississippi USA and then again when she was the first titleholder from Mississippi to win the Miss USA title. Branch began advocating for prison reform
Hailey White
convenience or handling fees.
Greenwood Productions is currently accepting applications for
contestants to take part in the exciting events. Applications and qualifications for the pageant can be found at missmississippiusa. com under the “Apply Now” section. For more information, call (615) 891-0557 or email info@greenwoodproductions.com.
For more information on Pearl River Resort, visit pearlriverresort. com. Call (866) 44PEARL. Guests must be at least 21 years old.
Travis Tritt makes a splash in Tunica
Country music star to perform at Gold Strike Saturday, April 21
TUNICA – Influenced by the best in southern rock, blues, gospel and honky-tonk, Travis Tritt remains a force in the coun- try music genre as he brings his biggest hits to Gold Strike The- atre inside Gold Strike Casino Resort on Saturday, April 21, at 9 p.m. Tickets are $59.95 and are on sale now.
Continually performing shows and holding a heavy appear- ance schedule, Travis Tritt has proved to be unstoppable. His mainstream career dates back to 1990 with his debut, “Country Club.” His succession of hits put him in the vanguard of the genre’s early ‘90s boom, dubbing him as one of the “The Class of ’89,” which includes country music superstars Garth Brooks, Clint Black and Alan Jackson.
With hit tracks like “Country Club,” “Help Me Hold On,” “I’m Gonna Be Somebody,” “Drift Off To Dream,” “The Whis- key Ain’t Workin’” and “Here’s a Quarter,” Tritt has consistently dominated the charts and won numerous awards, including Bill- board’s Top New Male Artist, the CMA Horizon Award and two
Grammys, and a devoted fan base.
Tritt is also known for his sports appearances, having per-
formed at the 1996 Olympics, two Super Bowls, a World Series Game, the opening of the Georgia Dome, the final Braves game at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium and, in 2013, the NCAA men’s basketball championship.
Most recently, Tritt released his first original full-length studio album in over a decade, titled Set in Stone. The album features 11 new songs, eight of which were co-written by Tritt. On Set in Stone, the Grammy winner delivers the quintessential Travis Tritt sound with a touch of Americana and roots. He pays homage to all sides of his musical personality along with the trademarks of his originality. Opening with the rowdy “Stand Your Ground” and mixing powerful love songs like “Leave This World” with searing country rockers like the first single, “Ghost Town Na- tion,” the new album is described by Tritt as “getting back to a no-frills, classic, outlaw-country sound.”
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