| By Alexa Hinton, ahinton@nashvillecitypaper.com July 12, 2006 | |||
| Two weeks after graduating high school in late ‘70s, Denise Davis won the Miss Alabama pageant and was soon launched into competition for the coveted Miss America crown. “I went from the high school lunchroom to state dinners with Neil Armstrong and the governor. I didn’t know anything about table manners. I was like, ‘Oh my God, there are 15,000 forks!’” Davis said. The then-18-year-old had the beauty and skill to win over judges but not the know-how to maneuver a silverware-laden table — she was simply unprepared. So Davis hid her embarrassment, disguised her awkwardness, and got her social graces up to speed on the spot. Years later, after modeling for more than a decade at what was then Castner Knott in the Mall at Green Hills, Davis was asked by the department store to run its manners class. More at the Source |
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