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South Jackson Performing Arts Center (SJPAC) has announced Mikayla Gressel is the new Director of the Miss Tullahoma Pageant. 

Gressel is a middle school teacher in the Tullahoma City Schools system and a multiple pageant winner.

“Her knowledge and experience with the pageant systems will prove to be a valuable asset to the Miss Tullahoma program,” South Jackson officials said in a statement. “We are excited to welcome her to the team at SJPAC as she leads the efforts for the future of the Miss Tullahoma scholarship pageant.”

This year’s annual pageant will be the first year to be overseen and ran by the performing arts center since it reacquired it in 2023.

The date for Miss Tullahoma 2024 pageant will be March 9, 2024.  The pageant will be a scholarship pageant for those contestants in 9th – 12th grades and come with duties as the title holder for one year.  Junior Miss Tullahoma will be held for contestants in the 6th – 8th grades. Little Miss Tullahoma will be held for contestants ages 4-6 years old.  All contestants must be a part of the Tullahoma City Schools system or be homeschool students living within the city limits of Tullahoma. (Contestants under school age will need to be Tullahoma city residents). 

Contestant forms will be available for pick up at any of the city school offices, the SJPAC office as well as online at www.southjackson.org starting Monday, Jan. 29. The deadline to submit forms are Monday, Feb. 19 to any of the same locations. 

For more information regarding the pageant, contact the SJPAC office at 931-455-5321.