Hannah Robison will speak at hundreds of schools as she spends the next year traveling across the Volunteer State as Miss Tennessee, but her Friday morning visit to Jackson Christian was her first school visit, and it was special.

Robison was born and raised in West Tennessee and is a chemistry major at the University of Tennessee at Martin, so being close to home is great, she said.

“I stayed in West Tennessee [for school],” Robison said before Jackson Christian’s elementary chapel. “A lot of girls are from East Tennessee or Middle Tennessee that win, so I feel like I’ve already gotten a lot of appearances booked for this area, which is great; I was hoping for that.”

More importantly, however, Robison said speaking at Jackson Christian gave her the chance to do something she won’t be able to do at some other schools: share her faith. Robison said she grew up in a Christian home, and she cherishes the chance to speak to students at schools like Jackson Christian.

Read the article “Miss Tennessee Shares Faith, Responsibility with Students” on jacksonsun.com.