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Mrs. Petite’s ‘19 years’

State winner, USA ‘People Choice’ honoree, opens up about pageants, life in, near Town post-Vietnam

August 6, 2025 by Alan Sloan

Christina Nguyen’s interesting journey from her native Vietnam to East Tennessee — a businesswoman in Farragut with a family living in Concord — had another chapter added beginning in January.

Earning the title of Mrs. Petite Tennessee last winter after a “virtual” pageant, Nguyen went on to the Mrs. Petite USA competition in Chicago last month.

“I made it to Top 11 and I won the ‘People’s Choice Award,’” said the owner of Angel Nails, 11110 Kingston Pike Suite 155, about the national pageant.

Her pageant experience “was amazing because, really, it’s just for small people like me, 5(-foot-)4 and under,” she added.

Palmer reports to RCF on Columbia

August 6, 2025 by Tammy Cheek

Darius “DJ” Palmer, 18, recently returned from the trip of a lifetime and thanked Rotary Club of Farragut for that opportunity during its meeting in Fox Den Country Club Wednesday, July 9.

RCF was one of five Rotary Clubs that sponsored Palmer, who graduated in 2024 from Knoxville Central High School, to take a trip to Boyacá, Colombia, this past school year.

“Our District 6780 provides a grant to inner-city youth here in Knox County,” explained Rotarian Bill Nichols, who has been overseeing Rotary Youth Exchange Program for years. “Five Rotary Clubs in Knox County — our club, Bearden, the Breakfast Club, the Volunteer Club and the Downtown Club — all contribute to raise funds that match the district grant.

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Mrs. Petite’s ‘19 years’

Palmer reports to RCF on Columbia