Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, July 11, 1993 TAG: 9307110131
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B1 EDITION: STATE
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Cullen Johnson, Miss Norfolk, was first runner-up. April Wilson, Miss Hampton Roads was second runner-up. Andrea Ballengee, Miss Central Shenandoah Valley, was third runner-up and Patricia Southhall, Miss Portsmouth, was fourth runner-up.
Glisson had won the talent competition in Friday's preliminary round.
Glisson, a graduate of Virginia Tech, won the talent award for her rendition of Dolly Parton's "I'll Always Love You." She left the audience applauding before she even finished the song, recently brought back to life by Whitney Houston.
"I took a risk," she said of her choice of a popular tune, which begins a cappella and continues with breathtakingly long notes. The risk paid off as she nailed every note with a smile.
Glisson last competed in the pageant in 1989, but this year - the 40th for the Miss Virginia Pageant - was the first for Miss Richmond, Stacey Bellamy, who captured the swimsuit award Friday. The Virginia Commonwealth University sophomore won the swimsuit award after dancing a ballet en pointe in Thursday's preliminary competition.
"Oh, it feels wonderful," the dance and choreography major said, hugging her trophy in one hand, Glisson's hand in her other.
The two are good friends and agree they've shared plenty of pointers and support during this week's sunup-to-sundown rehearsals, dinners, receptions and competition.
This year's pageant brought 32 Virginia women to the Roanoke stage and ended Saturday when 1992 Miss Virginia, Lora Lynn Flattum, crowned Glisson.
by CNB