Pageant News Bureau, Monday, January 12, 2004

Ashley Serio, 23, was crowned Miss Memphis 2004 on Jan. 4, 2004, at Theatre Memphis. She will represent the city in the Miss Tennessee Pageant (MAO) in June 2004. The Miss Memphis Scholarship Pageant is the longest-running, and this was its 57th staging. The first runner-up was Jackie Patterson, and the second runner-up was Becky Burton. The third runner-up was Danielle Colburn, and the fourth runner-up was Aimee Parker. The Spirit of Miss Memphis (Congeniality) was awarded to Lindsey Combs, with Nakesha Duncan taking the Mutual of Omaha/Lee Ann Thomas Public Relations Award. Paige Copeland also received two awards, Non-Finalist Talent Award sponsored by former Miss Memphis Anita Heiskell and the Memphis Jr. Chamber of Commerce Community Service Award. The program, with the theme "That's Entertainment: A Tribute to Broadway Musicals," was directed by Shay Bader-Wallace (the pageant's executive director) and featured the contestants moving to the sounds of "Grease," "Funny Girl," "Cabaret," "Chicago," and much more.