Marietta's Emily Cook is New Miss Georgia

A new Miss Georgia was crowned Sunday to replace the one who relinquished the title the day after the June pageant. Emily Cook was formally crowned at the Cunningham Center in Columbus. Cook, of Marietta, was first runner-up to the winner, Miss Capital City Kristina Higgins, who said she could not fulfill the time commitment to be Miss Georgia on June 27, the day afterthe pageant. Higgins said she stepped down because her responsibilities as a school teacher would not leave her time she would need to serve as Miss Georgia.

(AP)

Meet Miss Georgia, Again

A second Miss Georgia has been crowned in two days. One day after winning the title Saturday night at the annual pageant in Columbus, Gwinnett County school teacher Kristina Higgins relinquished the post, now filled by the runnerup, Emily Cook, a Marietta law student. Higgins said she stepped down because her responsibilities as a middle school would not leave her time she would need to serve as Miss Georgia. Cook was informed Sunday that she was the winner after Higgins turned down the prize. The 22-year-old Cook is a recent graduate of the University of Miami and had been accepted into University of Georgia's Law School. Instead shell be competing for the Miss America crown in January in Las Vegas.

(Associated Press)

1950's Miss Georgia dies

A former Miss Georgia has died. Janie Collins passed away last week after a long illness at the age of 69. Collins was a former figure skater, married to skating entrepreneur Tom Collins--the founder of the Champions on Ice tour. Ms. Collins was the 1956 Miss Georgia and represented the state in the Miss America pageant.

Former Miss Georgia dies

Former figure skater Janie Collins, who once represented Georgia in the Miss America pageant, has died at the age of 69. Collins, whose full name was Rosalie Jane, passed away on Friday in Minneapolis after a long illness. The wife of skating entrepreneur Tom Collins, the founder of the Champions on Ice tour, Janie Collins was from East Point in metro Atlanta. She was the 1956 Miss Georgia.