Ashley Elizabeth Durham is a beauty queen from Tennessee who won Mission Tennessee Teen United States of America 2006 and Mission Tennessee United States of America 2011.
Background
To win the title, Durham edged out Johnna Disterdick who was the daughter of Mission Tennessee 1982, Mission Tennessee United States of America 1984, Desiree Denise Daniels, and Tucker Perry who would later crown Durham Mission Tennessee United States of America 2011.
Career
Her sister titleholder was Lauren Grissom. Durham went on to compete at Mission Teen United States of America 2006 but failed to place. Durham"s sister titleholder is Kaitlin White, Mission Tennessee Teen United States of America 2011.
Her final question dealt with the First Amendment, and whether it should protect burning religious books
There was some controversy after the show was over when pageant judge Penn Teller said about her, "She negated the whole First Amendment," Jillette said in a tweet Sunday night. "Glad to help her lose." "Durham fired back at Jillette in a statement issued Tuesday through state pageant officials, saying she"s disappointed with Jillette"s reaction.
She said it"s uncalled for that he would delight in shooting down her dreams."
Durham graduated from Adamsville Junior/Senior High School in 2008, where she was a varsity cheerleader. She graduated from the University of Memphis in 2012 where she majored in journalism and public relations.
She also models for Tony Bowls where she has made many catalogue covers for Tony Bowls and appeared in magazines such as Seventeen, Cosmo, Justine, Hour Detroit, Golf Digest, among others
She is currently signed with Ford Models in Miami, Chicago, Wilhelmenia Los Angeles and New View Model Management.
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"She negated the whole First Amendment,".