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LEAF FOUNDATION CONTESTANTS TAKE TOP HONORS

Friday night preliminary winners: (L-R) Leaf River Valley wins talent; Riverland and Southern Magnolia tie for evening wear.

Saturday Night Teen Honor Court: (L-R) Chassidy Sumler (Metro Jackson, 4th RU), Holly Harrington (Dixie, 3rd RU), Christina Bostick (Leaf River Valley/Miss Mississippi's Outstanding Teen), Ryan Henry (Riverland, 1st RU), Kimberly Page (Southern Magnolia, 2nd RU)

Leaf Foundation contestants fared well in the 2010 Miss Mississippi’s Outstanding Teen Pageant, taking the top two spots in the state competition held Saturday night in Vicksburg.

Miss Leaf River Valley’s Outstanding Teen Christina Bostick was named Miss Mississippi’s Outstanding Teen and Miss Riverland’s Outstanding Teen Ryan Henry was named first runner-up at the state finals.

Leaf Foundation CEO Michael Marks was excited about the results for his local contestants. “We are thrilled that the best of our local is now the standard for the best in the state. I am proud for our scholarship winners and for our board of directors that has worked so hard to put on a quality local competition and prepare our girls for the state contest. I have the best team imaginable!”

Christina, daughter of Jon and Angela Bostick of Hattiesburg, is a junior at Oak Grove High School and performed a dance to “Jellicle Ball” from the musical Cats for her talent. Bostick was named preliminary winner of Friday night’s talent competition and as Miss Leaf River Valley’s Outstanding Teen, represented Covington, Forrest, Greene, Lamar and Perry Counties at the state pageant.

Henry, daughter of Ralph and Carla Abraham of Hattiesburg, is a rising senior at Oak Grove High School and staged a vocal rendition of “The Girl in Apartment 14-G” for the talent competition. Henry was named an evening wear winner in Friday night’s preliminary contest and represented the state at large as Miss Riverland’s Outstanding Teen.

Tracy Robinson, President of the Miss Mississippi Local Pageant Directors Association, is just as proud as her co-director of their contestants. “When I saw the two of them standing there as preliminary winners on Friday night, I said right then that that picture could foreshadow Saturday night results. What a once in a lifetime experience it is for one local program to finish winner and first runner-up!”

According to Susan Slaughter, Leaf Foundation Vice-Chair, Bostick now prepares to represent Mississippi in the national competition, scheduled for August 24-27 in Orlando, Florida. “She has our prayers and well wishes as she prepares for this monumental undertaking.”

Also the daughter of Ralph and Carla Abraham, Kayleigh Henry now inherits the local title of Miss Leaf River Valley’s Outstanding Teen. She is a freshman at Oak Grove High School and finished first runner-up to Bostick in the Leaf River Valley Teen Competition held back in February.