COMPETITION HOSTS

partment to raise awareness into the role movement plays in changing ourselves, our cultures, and our communities.

All Competitions

LINDSEY LARSEN

Miss Utah 2022

Lindsey Larsen is from Lehi, Utah, and is a junior at the University of Utah, studying ballet performance and kinesiology. She began ballet training at the age of 4. Since then, her dance journey has taken her to stages in Utah, Washington, and Hawaii, and into lead roles with Utah’s own Ballet West Academy. Lindsey was a talent scholarship recipient at the Ballet West Academy and one of 40 students accepted to the University of Utah’s prestigious ballet program. Her career ambitions include becoming a professional ballerina, an artistic director, and a health educator.

As a dancer, Lindsey believes in the power of movement. As Miss Utah, she has traveled the state to promote her community service initiative, The MOVEMENT Movement. Through this initiative, she equips students, teachers, and individuals with disabilities with the resources they need to improve their mental, physical, and emotional health through daily movement-based activities.

Lindsey has spoken with more than 2,000 Utah students and partnered with organizations like the America Heart Association of Utah, Select Health Program, and the Utah County Health De-

Thursday Evening

Jackie Hunt Herrin

Miss Utah 2001

Jackie Herrin was born and raised in Lehi, Utah. After high school graduation, she entered the Miss Lehi Pageant because she thought it would be nice to have her picture taken for the program. This began an unanticipated succession of events, and much to the surprise of everyone who knew her when that first picture was taken, she went on to win the Miss Utah title in 2001. This took her to the Miss America Pageant where she placed in the top ten and won nearly $40,000 in scholarships. These scholarships were used to earn a degree in English editing at BYU.

Wearing a crown gave Jackie the opportunity to be an advocate for organ, eye, and tissue donation. Jackie spent many years speaking throughout the state and around the country about this important issue, and she received multiple national community service awards for her efforts. Beyond the previously mentioned scholarships and awards, Jackie also won a husband in all of this—Her husband, Taylor, is the son of the former Miss Utah seamstress, and they met during her Miss America fittings.

Jackie and Taylor have four children: Claire, Kyle, Grayson, and Jay. They moved to Farr West in 2020. After studying the piano with Dr. David Glen Hatch, Jackie taught students of her own for nearly twenty years. When she isn’t driving her children to and from all the places they need to go, Jackie spends time writing, sewing, building things, perfecting her Rubik’s cube skills, weaving towels and rugs on her three looms, and doing basically anything else she can come up with to avoid housework.

Friday Matinee JACKIE WINTERROSE FULLMER Miss Utah 1959

The journey to Miss Utah began for Jackie in 1955 when she was crowned Miss Observation in Cedar City and later crowned Miss Cedar City, Miss Iron County, and 1st runner-up to Miss Utah 1957. Jackie continued to win other titles and represented the University of Utah as their Founders Day Queen when she was crowned Miss Utah 1959. She then went on to compete in the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey. With whatever title she carried, Jackie has always made the most out of representing the people - whether participating in various events or appearing on TV for the popular “Steve Allen Show” on NBC in Los Angeles, California.

From the time Jackie was Miss Utah, she has continued to be an active with pageants and dance competitions by coaching numerous contestants with dance routines, stage presence, modeling technique, interview skills, as well as judging a variety of pageants and dance competitions.

After graduating from Cedar City High School, Jackie studied and performed professionally while living in Hollywood, California. Upon returning to Utah, she finished her education at the University of Utah and continued to use her theatrical talents on stage and eventually on screen.

Jackie has a BS/MS degree in Dance Education. Her teaching career began at Utah State University in 1960, where she organized and launched the dance program and dance major. She choreographed for and directed the USU Aggiettes, the first Dance Drill Team in the state of Utah, and received numerous accolades during her time.

Along with her teaching, Jackie’s dance career also includes directing and choreographing for a variety of performing groups that have toured and performed throughout the U.S. and internationally. In addition, Jackie has choreographed many national events and was on the choreography team for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. She was also the first National Director of Dance and Drill Team with the Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympic Games, where she helped get dance recognized as a sport.

Once of Jackie’s greatest accomplishments is the overall impact she has had on the competitive dance community. Jackie organized and directed the first drill team and solo competition in Utah, the Rocky Mountain Drill Team Competition and Miss Dance Drill Team Utah Competition, which were the first of their kind in Utah. Since then, this format has flourished and has become a mainstay across the competitive dance community in Utah and across the U.S., giving young dancers the chance to compete on a regular basis. ernor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.; and served in his first administration. She and her husband have four children.

Jackie’s loving family is her deceased husband Kay, who she met while participating in an event as Miss Utah, her son Jeff, daughter Jenn, and six grandchildren. She currently lives in St. George and Salt Lake City. She is happy to see the positive development of the Miss Utah Scholarship Organization over the years and is grateful to still be involved with such an amazing organization.

Friday Evening

JAMI PALMER BRINTON

Miss Utah 2000

Jami Palmer Brinton is the managing partner of Powell Partners, LLC, a property investment firm in St. Louis, Missouri. She enjoys helping her husband Jason manage their LASIK eye surgery center, Brinton Vision, that they built together in 2016. Jami was crowned Miss Utah 2000 and spent her year advocating for pediatric cancer awareness. She also received a non-finalist talent award for her piano performance at the Miss America Pageant and was named as a finalist for the national Quality of Life Award.

After her year of service as Miss Utah, Jami went on to pursue her Bachelor of Arts in broadcast journalism from Brigham Young University and a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Utah. She worked as a TV news anchor and reporter in Iowa City, Kansas City, and Salt Lake City; worked as the deputy manager for the initial campaign that elected Utah Gov-

Saturday Evening NICEA DEGERING

ABC4 TV Anchor/Host

Nicea DeGering has been a television news reporter and anchor on ABC4, and now co-host of the Emmy award winning morning show Good Things Utah for more than twenty five years in Salt Lake City. She has covered stories like Elizabeth Smart’s disappearance and the 2002 Olympics, and she has interviewed everyone from presidential candidate Mitt Romney to country music superstar Garth Brooks.

In her spare time, Nicea can be seen and heard on local tv and radio commercials, visiting her daughter in college at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, or cheering on her high schooler at swim meets. Her favorite child is and will always be her fuzzy, blonde Goldendoodle named Miles. Nicea was also a very proud Miss Orem just a few years ago. ;)