The person selected as Miss Mississippi in the annual pageant sponsored by Miss Mississippi Pageant, Inc., and the person selected as Miss Hospitality in the annual Mississippi Miss Hospitality Pageant, and the person selected as Mrs. Mississippi in the annual Mrs. Mississippi Pageant, shall be the official nongovernmental representatives of the State of Mississippi, and shall be the only persons selected in pageants in the state who are recognized by the state as its official representatives in appearances made at functions, ceremonies or other activities on behalf of the state or for the promotion or goodwill of the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 57-1-70
Miss Mississippi, Miss Hospitality and Mrs. Mississippi as official nongovernmental representatives of state
Laws, 1990, ch. 401, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 1990.
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