MS SC558

Recognizes and congratulates Paige Nicholson from Lawrence, Mississippi for winning the Miss Rodeo America 2014 title while serving as Miss Rodeo Mississippi 2013.

Notes Nicholson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Information Science from Mississippi State University and plans to pursue a law degree to advocate for agriculture and the western way of life.

Acknowledges the Miss Rodeo America organization's 50-year history of promoting rodeo and western culture through an annual pageant held in Las Vegas in conjunction with the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.

Highlights Nicholson's volunteer service with 4-H Horse Project, Relay for Life, and as a Special Needs Horse Show Instructor, as well as her work on her family's beef cattle and row crop farm.

Directs that the resolution be presented to Nicholson, forwarded to the Miss Rodeo America Association, and made available to Capitol Press Corps.