Grissom crowned Miss Tennessee USA 2006

Miss Tennessee USA 2006 Lauren Grissom of Shelbyville, Tenn., smiles at the audience as tears run down her cheeks following her crowning in Clarksville, Tenn., on Saturday Oct. 8, 2005. (AP Photo)

CLARKSVILLE (AP) — Lauren Grissom of Shelbyville has been crowned the new Miss Tennessee USA 2006 and will go on to compete in the Miss USA pageant.

First runner-up in the Miss Tennessee USA pageant was Casey Porter from Rock Island and second runner-up was Hailey Brown from Williamson County.

They were among 65 women who competed for Miss Tennessee.

Grissom gets a $2,500 scholarship to attend Austin Peay State University and she also gets a full scholarship to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Crowned on Saturday as Miss Tennessee Teen USA was Ashley Durham from Adamsville. First runner-up was Johnna Disterdick from Southeast Tennessee, and Mary Katherine Ross of White County was named second runner-up. Ninety teenage girls from across Tennessee competed for the title.

Durham will go onto compete in the Miss Teen USA pageant.