76TH MISSISSIPPI MISS HOSPITALITY
TAYLOR GARRETSON
Taylor Garretson was crowned the 76th Mississippi Miss Hospitality in July 2025 in Hattiesburg. A Greene County native, she will spend the next year promoting Mississippi’s tourism and economic development industries across the state and country as Mississippi’s official Goodwill Ambassador.
A senior Digital Journalism major and Dance minor at USM, Taylor is a Dixie Darling and high school dance team coach. She is a Mississippi Press Association award winner and interned with the Greene County Herald, where she also worked on the Discover Greene County Magazine. Dresses from her Taylor’d To Shine non-profit organization have been worn on the Miss Hospitality stage. Taylor plans to continue her current career as a journalist and dance teacher.
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