Michelle Rodgers

Michelle Rodgers is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Winchester, Kentucky. She is the winner of the 2009 America's Junior Miss competition.[1][2]

Michelle Rodgers
Born
Winchester, Kentucky
EducationNorthwestern University
TitleClark County Junior Miss 2009
Kentucky Junior Miss 2009
Beauty pageant titleholder
Major
competition(s)		America's Junior Miss 2009

Biography

A Kentucky native, Rodgers is a 2009 graduate of George Rogers Clark High School in Winchester, Kentucky, a suburb of Lexington.[3][4] During her senior year, she was named Clark County Junior Miss and in January 2009 won the Kentucky Junior Miss title.[3]

As Kentucky's representative in the America's Junior Miss pageant at the Mobile Civic Center in June 2009, Rodgers sang "Taylor the Latte Boy", a song made famous by Kristin Chenoweth, during the talent competition and advocated for gun control during the interview segment.[5] For being named America's Junior Miss 2009, earned a gold medallion and a $50,000 scholarship.[6][7] She received an additional $1,000 scholarship as one five recipients of the Joseph "Bobo" Baker interview award.[5]

Rodgers announced she would use the money to attend Northwestern University beginning in fall 2009.[5] There she studied social policy, theater, and business.[7][1] Rodgers graduated in 2013 and, as of June 2014, lives in Eugene, Oregon.

Family

Rodgers' parents are Paul Rodgers, a chemical engineer, and Karen Rodgers, a physical therapist.[2] She has two siblings, a younger sister and a younger brother.[4]

References
  1. "Past National Winners 1958 - 2012". Distinguished Young Women. Archived from the original on January 5, 2015. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
  2. Musgrave, Beth (June 29, 2009). "Winchester teen named America's Junior Miss". Lexington Herald-Leader. Lexington, KY. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
  3. Parsons, Rachel (June 13, 2009). "Michelle Rodgers preparing for national Junior Miss". The Winchester Sun. Winchester, KY. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
  4. Murtaugh, Dan (June 29, 2009). "It's off to the Big Apple for new AJM Rodgers". Press-Register. Mobile, AL. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
  5. Murtaugh, Dan (June 27, 2009). "It's Kentucky". Press-Register. Mobile, AL. Archived from the original on August 10, 2014. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
  6. Petri, Chad (June 28, 2009). "America's Junior Miss". Mobile, AL: WKRG-TV. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
  7. Tate, Pam (June 15, 2010). "America's Junior Miss Aims to Remove Misconceptions and Barriers to Success With Name Change And Program Updates" (Press release). America's Junior Miss. Archived from the original on March 16, 2015. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
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