When the curtain opens tonight on the final phase of competition in the Miss Mississippi pageant, the Golden Triangle will be well-represented. Lee Armstrong, Presly Forrester and Caitlyn Smith, all of Columbus, and Jessica Terrill of Starkville are among 45 young women vying for the title and scholarships to be awarded at the Vicksburg Convention Center.
Armstrong, Miss Southern Magnolia, is a 2007 graduate of New Hope High School and a 2011 graduate at the University of Southern Mississippi,
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