UT Martin students Caleigh Jo Erwin, of Dyersburg, and Karenna Rainey, of Adamsville, claimed the Miss UT Martin and Miss Tennessee Soybean Festival crowns respectively at the combined pageant Nov. 5 in the UT Martin Boling University Center’s Duncan Ballroom. The new titleholders will compete in the statewide Miss Tennessee Volunteer Scholarship Pageant, Wednesday-Saturday, July 26-29, 2023, at the Carl Perkins Civic Center in Jackson. Pictured in the pageant courts are (l, r): Tera Townsend, of Nashville and Huntingdon, Miss Tennessee Soybean Festival second runner-up; Kailey Duffy, of Holladay, Miss Tennessee Soybean Festival first runner-up; Karenna Rainey, Miss Tennessee Soybean Festival; Nadia Treadwell, reigning Miss Tennessee Soybean Festival; Carly White, reigning Miss UT Martin; Caleigh Jo Erwin, Miss UT Martin; Malea Bigham, of Turtletown, Miss UT Martin first runner-up; and Sierra Smith, of Newland, North Carolina, Miss UT Martin second runner-up.
