A University of Tennessee student has been named Fairest of the Fair as Destiny Danielle Franklin was coroneted Monday night at the Grandpa Fair of the South.
Franklin, 20, was crowned by 2018 Fairest of the Fair, Abigail Hope Taylor Monday night. She is the daughter of Jennifer and Charlie Ware of Smithville.
Franklin will represent the DeKalb County Fair in the state pageant. Meanwhile, she is working toward her master’s degree in Psychology and plans to teach elementary school and be a school child psychologist.
“I chose this career path because I love children and also in hopes of helping the people of future generations better understand themselves and each other so they can make our world a better place,” she said of her ambitions for the future.
When she is not studying in college, Franklin likes to play guitar, ride horses and go to animal shelter to play with the dogs.
Franklin also won Most Photogenic in the pageant.
Addison Jean Puckett, 15, preceded
Franklin’s crowning as she won the Junior Fairest Princess title out of a field
of five 13 to 16 year olds. She was crowned by last year’s winner, Kenlee Renae
Taylor. She is the daughter of Jimmy and Anita Puckett of Smithville.
First runner up was Leah Brooke Davis, 16, daughter of Kerry and Glenda Davis. She also took the titles for Miss Congeniality and Most Photogenic.
Graci Lynn Starnes, 15, was second runner up. She is the daughter of Joelle Starnes. MacKenzie Leigh Sprague, 15, was third runner up. She is the daughter of Wanda Sprague. The fourth runner up was Kailey Evangaline Herron, 14, daughter of Greg Herron Jr. and Krista Mahaney.
