Enature | Net Year 1999 Junior Miss Pageant Top

The crowning was anticlimactic. The judges—a botanist, a park ranger, and a man who had once seen a bald eagle—huddled. The winner was Star, the recorder player, because her tears “demonstrated emotional investment.” Cassidy placed Top 5 but received no crown, only a laminated certificate and a bag of organic trail mix.

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Sarah Jane Everman of Georgia was crowned America's Junior Miss 1999. A student at the University of Cincinnati, Everman earned over $53,000 in scholarship awards and clinching her title with a performance of "Don't Rain on My Parade" from Funny Girl . The crowning was anticlimactic