Pageant hopeful to greet her fans

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Miss USA contestant Lisa Wilson will be at the Super Kmart Center this Thursday. 03/20/06 By Lauren Gregory, Rome News-Tribune Staff Writer Respond to this story Email this story to a friend Lisa Wilson is the reigning Miss Georgia USA and was a semi-finalist on “American Idol” in 2004. As focused as Rome’s Lisa Wilson has become on winning the Miss USA pageant next month in Baltimore, she hasn’t forgotten her hometown fans. Wilson will make an appearance Thursday at Super Kmart Center on Hicks Drive for a meet-and-greet and autograph signing from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The first 200 attendees will get a free 5x7 signed photograph, and all others can take their own photos, according to event organizers. The 25-year-old Armuchee High School graduate’s love of horses will also be celebrated Thursday with free horse rides from 4 to 7 p.m. for children ages 3 to 18, and a simultaneous hot dog and hamburger cookout is scheduled to benefit the March of Dimes.Wilson, who became a semi-finalist on “American Idol” in 2004 and took the Miss Georgia USA title last November, is preparing to leave Rome on April 2 for the competition that she says is the most intense of her life. “This is like the Mac Daddy of everything I’ve ever done,” she said, “even compared to ‘American Idol.’” Wilson has trained extensively for the competition — both physically for the evening gown portion and mentally for the interview portion — and believes she is ready to take the crown. “I have full confidence I could go in and win it,” she said. She will participate in pre-pageant activities with all 51 contestants before preliminary competitions April 14 and 15 narrow the field to 15 women. The rest of the pageant will be televised live April 21 on NBC (Comcast channels 3 and 11).

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