Myrrhanda Jones

Myrrhanda Jones
Beauty pageant titleholder
Born	Gainesville, Florida
Education	University of Florida
Hair color	Brunette
Eye color	Brown
Title(s)	Miss Palm Coast 2013 Miss Florida 2013
Major competition(s)	Miss America 2014 (3rd Runner-Up)

Myrrhanda Jones is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Gainesville, Florida who was named Miss Florida 2013.^[1]

Biography

She won the title of Miss Florida on July 13, 2013, 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 2014 pageant, despite suffering a torn ACL and MCL in rehearsal just a few hours prior to her scheduled performance. During Miss America 2014, she performed with a decorated leg brace.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

References

1 2 "Miss Palm Coast Myrrhanda Jones crowned Miss Florida". palmcoastobserver.com. July 17, 2013. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
1 2 "UF junior awarded Miss Florida title". alligator.org. July 16, 2013. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
↑ "Miss Florida, Despite Knee Injury, Wins Miss America Talent Competition". ABC News. September 13, 2013. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
↑ "Miss Florida Myrrhanda Jones' Bedazzled Knee Brace Gets Twitter Attention At Miss America 2014". International Business Times. September 15, 2013. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
↑ "Miss America 2014: Baton twirling Miss Florida wins talent with knee injury". The Star-Ledger. September 13, 2013. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
↑ "Fans show support for Miss Florida Myrrhanda Jones". The Miami Herald. September 16, 2013. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
↑ "UF senior competes for Miss America crown Sunday night despite painful injury". The Gainesville Sun. September 14, 2013. Retrieved 2014-06-12.

External links

Myrrhanda Jones on Facebook
Myrrhanda Jones on Twitter
Myrrhanda Jones at the Internet Movie Database

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Laura McKeeman	Miss Florida 2013	Succeeded by Victoria Cowan

Miss America 2014, state titleholders

CA: Crystal Lee CT: Kaitlyn Tarpey FL: Myrrhanda Jones GA: Carly Mathis KS: Theresa Vail KY: Jenna Day LA: Jaden Leach MO: Shelby Ringdahl MN: Rebecca Yeh NJ: Cara McCollum NV: Diana Sweeney NY: Nina Davuluri OH: Heather Wells OK: Kelsey Griswold OR: Allison Cook PR: Shenti Lauren VT: Jeanelle Achee WA: Reina Almon WY: Rebecca Podio

Florida pageant winners

Miss Florida	Ada Williams (1927) Rose Marie Magrill (1939) Ann Gloria Daniel (1954) Ellen Meade (1973) Delta Burke (1974) Ann K. Schmalzried (1975) Nancy Stafford (1976) Cathy La Belle (1977) Kim Boyce (1983) Molly Pesce (1986) Leanza Cornett (1992) Kristin Ludecke (1995) Katherine Carson (2002) Ericka Dunlap (2003) Shauna Pender (2003) Jenna Edwards (2004) Mari Wilensky (2005) Allison Kreiger (2006) Kylie Williams (2007) Sierra Minott (2008) Rachael Todd (2009) Jaclyn Raulerson (2010) Kristina Janolo (2011) Laura McKeeman (2012) Myrrhanda Jones (2013) Mary Katherine Fechtel (2015)

Miss Florida USA	Cheryl Patton (1967) Mary-Margaret Humes (1975) Barbi Losh (1985) Shannon DePuy (1995) Kristin Ludecke (2000) Julie Donaldson (2001) Carrie Ann Mewha (2003) Kristen Berset (2004) Melissa Witek (2005) Cristin Duren (2006) Jenna Edwards (2007) Jessica Rafalowski (2008) Anastagia Pierre (2009) Megan Clementi (2010) Lissette Garcia (2011) Karina Brez (2012) Brie Gabrielle (2016) Génesis Dávila (2017)

Miss Florida Teen USA	Cristin Duren (1997) Anastagia Pierre (2004) Jillian Wunderlich (2008)

Miss Florida's Outstanding Teen	Sierra Minott (2005) Mary Katherine Fechtel (2010) Elizabeth Fechtel (2011)

Mrs. Florida	Jaclyn Stapp (2008) Kellie Lightbourn (2010)

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