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| Born | Jena Michelle Sims December 30, 1988 Winder, Georgia, U.S. |
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| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Title(s) | Miss Georgia Teen USA 2007 |
| Major competition(s) |
Miss Teen USA 2007 |
Jena Michelle Sims (born December 30, 1988) is a beauty queen from Winder, Georgia who has held the Miss National Junior Teenager title and competed in the Miss Teen USA pageant in 2007.
She has been widely recognized for her work with various charities, including her own organization "Pageant of Hope".
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Biography [link]
Early life and education [link]
Sims grew up in Winder, Georgia and graduated from Winder-Barrow High School in 2007.[1] She attended Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee where she studied International Business. Jena is currently in Hollywood, California pursuing a career in modeling & acting.[2]
Pageants [link]
In 2004, Sims was crowned Miss Georgia Junior National Teenager[3] and later won the Miss Junior National Teenager title 2005.[4]
A year later, Sims won the Miss Georgia Teen USA 2007 title in a state pageant held in Newnan on 11 November 2006.[5] It was her second attempt at the title, as she placed in the semi-finals in the 2006 event. She was crowned by outgoing titleholder Brittany Sharp, who placed fourth runner-up in the Miss Teen USA pageant in August. [6]
Sims represented Georgia in the Miss Teen USA 2007 pageant broadcast live from Pasadena, California in August 2007, but did not place. She was the first Miss Georgia Teen USA not to place in the pageant since 2003.
Charity work [link]
Sims runs a non-profit organization that hosts beauty pageants for children with cancer and other disadvantages called the "Pageant of Hope".[7] The pageants have been held in Winder, Tennessee, New York, Michigan, Wisconsin, California and she will be expanding into South Carolina.[8]
In 2006 she received a Southern Hero award, and won a Prudential Spirit of Community award in 2003.[9] In 2006 she was honored with an award from the Caring Institute in Washington DC, recognizing her work with children with cancer.[10] The following year she was one of twenty-seven American teenagers given the "Nestle Very Best In Youth" award for her community service.[11]
Her Pageant of Hope has also been awarded numerous State and National Community Service awards such as The Nestle Very Best in Youth National Award [12], BRICK Do Something National Award [13] and the Prudential Spirit of Community Bronze and Silver medallion. [14] She has been named a Georgia Young Entrepreneur by NFIB <ef>[6]</ref>, a WXIA Kids Who Care winner[15], and a Huggable Hero by Maxine Clark and Build a Bear Workshop.[16]
References [link]
- ^ King, Michael (2006-11-13). "Beauty Pageant Titles Awarded". 11Alive. https://www.11alive.com/life/life_article.aspx?storyid=87586. Retrieved 2006-11-17.[dead link]
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- ^ Georgia General Assembly House Resolution 845. Retrieved 2006-11-12.
- ^ Pageant Cast podcast interview with Jena Sims, episode 34. Retrieved 2006-11-12.
- ^ "Miss Georgia USA, Miss Georgia Teen USA Winners from Peachtree City, Winder". The Times-Herald. 2006-11-13. https://content.times-herald.com/288450123724840.bsp. Retrieved 2006-11-15.
- ^ Interview: Jena Sims goes big in Corman's 3D "50 FT CHEERLEADER"
- ^ "Sims receives Southern hero honor". Athens Banner-Herald. 2006-10-29. https://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:jm42QxBeY1MJ:www.onlineathens.com/stories/102906/living_20061029045.shtml+%22jena+sims%22&hl=en&gl=nz&ct=clnk&cd=14. Retrieved 2006-11-12. (Google cache)
- ^ Lowry, Donna (2007-06-11). "Class Act Kid: Jena Sims". 11Alive.com. https://www.11alive.com/news/education/class_act/article_classact.aspx?storyid=98356.
- ^ "Two Georgia Youth Honored For Volunteerism at National Award Ceremony In Washington, D.C.". 2003-05-03. https://cache.zoominfo.com/cachedpage/?archive_id=0&page_id=432414355&page_url=%2f%2fwww.theweekly.com%2fnews%2fgavol.html&page_last_updated=5%2f9%2f2003+12%3a52%3a37+PM&firstName=Jena&lastName=Sims. Retrieved 2006-11-12. (Zoominfo Cache)
- ^ Blevins, Abby (2006-10-17). "Institute recognizes 13 caring Americans of all ages". USA Today.
- ^ "Extraordinary 27 Recognized as Nestle Very Best in Youth; Winners of National Contest Recognized for Academic and Community Service Excellence". PR Web. 2007-03-27.
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| Preceded by Brittany Sharp |
Miss Georgia Teen USA 2007 |
Succeeded by Shannon Geraghty |
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