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American beauty pageant titleholder

Myrrhanda Lynn Jones
Born	Gainesville, Florida
Education	University of Florida
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Miss Gainesville's Outstanding Teen 2009 Miss Florida's Outstanding Teen 2009 Miss Palm Coast 2013 Miss Florida 2013
Hair color	Brunette
Eye color	Brown
Major competition(s)	Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2010 (2nd Runner-Up), Miss America 2014 (3rd Runner-Up)

Myrrhanda Jones is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Gainesville, Florida who was named Miss Florida 2013.

Biography

She won the title of Miss Florida on July 13, 2013, when she received her crown from outgoing titleholder Laura McKeeman. Jones' platform is support for “Comfort for Kids, Inc.”, a non-profit organization she founded after her sister died in an ATV accident. Jones is a telecommunications major at the University of Florida. She won the preliminary talent competition for her baton twirling routine in the week prior to the Miss America 2014 pageant, despite suffering a torn ACL and MCL in rehearsal just a few hours prior to her scheduled performance. During Miss America 2014, she performed with a decorated leg brace.

References

^ "Miss Palm Coast Myrrhanda Jones crowned Miss Florida". palmcoastobserver.com. July 17, 2013. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
^ "UF junior awarded Miss Florida title". alligator.org. July 16, 2013. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
"Miss Florida, Despite Knee Injury, Wins Miss America Talent Competition". ABC News. September 13, 2013. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
"Miss Florida Myrrhanda Jones' Bedazzled Knee Brace Gets Twitter Attention At Miss America 2014". International Business Times. September 15, 2013. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
"Miss America 2014: Baton twirling Miss Florida wins talent with knee injury". The Star-Ledger. September 13, 2013. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
"Fans show support for Miss Florida Myrrhanda Jones". The Miami Herald. September 16, 2013. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
"UF senior competes for Miss America crown Sunday night despite painful injury". The Gainesville Sun. September 14, 2013. Retrieved 2014-06-12.

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Awards and achievements
Preceded byLaura McKeeman	Miss Florida 2013	Succeeded byVictoria Cowan

v t e Miss America 2014, state titleholders
AL: Chandler Champion CA: Crystal Lee FL: Myrrhanda Jones GA: Carly Mathis KS: Theresa Vail KY: Jenna Day LA: Jaden Leach MO: Shelby Ringdahl MN: Rebecca Yeh NJ: Cara McCollum NY: Nina Davuluri OH: Heather Wells OK: Kelsey Griswold PR: Shenti Lauren WY: Rebecca Podio

v t e Florida pageant winners
Miss Florida	Ada Williams (1927) Rose Marie Magrill (1939) Ann Gloria Daniel (1954) Ellen Meade (1973) Delta Burke (1974) Nancy Stafford (1976) Cathy La Belle (1977) Kim Boyce (1983) Molly Pesce (1986) Leanza Cornett (1992) Ericka Dunlap (2003) Shauna Pender (2003) Jenna Edwards (2004) Allison Kreiger (2006) Kylie Williams (2007) Jaclyn Raulerson (2010) Kristina Janolo (2011) Laura McKeeman (2012) Myrrhanda Jones (2013) Mary Katherine Fechtel (2015)
Miss Florida USA	Cheryl Patton (1967) Mary-Margaret Humes (1975) Shannon DePuy (1995) Julie Donaldson (2001) Melissa Witek (2005) Jenna Edwards (2007) Lissette Garcia (2011) Brie Gabrielle (2016) Génesis Dávila (2017, dethroned; 2018) Monique Evans (2020) Ashley Cariño (2021)
Miss Florida Teen USA	Cristin Duren (1997) Breanna Myles (2021)
Miss Florida's Outstanding Teen	Mary Katherine Fechtel (2010)
Mrs. Florida	Jaclyn Stapp (2008) Kellie Lightbourn (2010)
Miss Florida World	Clarissa Bowers (2017)

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