"I remember being Miss Memphis and winning the title of Miss Tennessee. It was a great honor to represent our city and state that year at the Miss America Scholarship Pageant.
I also remember being a part of the 50th Miss Memphis pageant when I was Miss Tennessee and giving up the Miss Memphis crown. Barbara Walker Hummel had been Miss Memphis/Miss America 50 years before and we were the final 2 to walk the stage after all of the past Miss Memphis' walked the stage. It was a great moment for me to share the stage with so many wonderful women."
--Jeni Stephens Thompson, Miss Memphis and Miss Tennessee 1996