The New Miss Georgia

June 29, 2009

By Tiffany Simmons
Reporter / Videographer

Everything happens for a reason. That’s the impression that I was left with after meeting with the new Miss Georgia today.

Emily Cook was the kindest person to talk with today. She has only been competing in pageants for the past 2 years and she says things like winning the Miss Georgia pageant was just a dream at one point.

Today I got to see her pick up the keys to her brand new car at Kia. She says she was driving her moms “hand-me-down” for a while and now she is so excited to have a car of her own with new technology.

I asked her what she thought about Miss Capital City relinquishing her crown and she says it just was not the right time for her. She says it has worked out wonderfully for her.

There’s still questions as to whether Miss Capital City knew what all of her responsibility’s would be going into the pageant. Cook says this year she realized that if she were to win the pageant it would be a full time job.

You could still tell that it had not hit her yet. Let’s all hope she does a wonderful job in representing Georgia in the Miss America pageant!