{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The News Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net","title":"Emily Sharp crowned Miss NIBROC 2017 &ndash; The News Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"lhFcJmccMN\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/emily-sharp-crowned-miss-nibroc-2017\/\">Emily Sharp crowned Miss NIBROC 2017<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/emily-sharp-crowned-miss-nibroc-2017\/embed\/#?secret=lhFcJmccMN\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Emily Sharp crowned Miss NIBROC 2017&#8221; &#8212; The News Journal\" data-secret=\"lhFcJmccMN\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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Emily Grace Sharp, daughter of Ronda Sharp and the late Dave Sharp, was graceful and elated following Saturday night\u2019s scholarship pageant, held at the Corbin High School auditorium. \u201cIt\u2019s amazing! Just to be able to represent my hometown at Miss Kentucky is the best feeling in the world,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s not something I\u2019ve ever been able to do before.\u201d Miss NIBROC became a qualifying preliminary pageant for the Miss Kentucky Scholarship pageant for the first time last year. Miss NIBROC 2016 Makenna Thibodeaux was the first winner of the pageant to ever compete at Miss Kentucky as its representative. Sharp has been a contestant at the Miss Kentucky pageant the last two years as winner of other area pageants. She said that while the experience gave her confidence going into Saturday\u2019s pageant, she took nothing for granted. \u201cI knew I had a ton of competition. Every single one of these girls could walk away with the crown,\u201d she said. \u201cMiss NIBROC this year has been a really great experience for me. I was very supportive of everybody, and everybody was very supportive of me. It\u2019s been a great group of girls.\u201d Sharp\u2019s father passed away last June after a short battle with lung cancer. Her Miss Kentucky platform, called \u201cTake It Easy,\u201d focuses on encouraging people not to smoke and to live healthier lifestyles. \u201cMy dad lost his life much too early,\u201d she said. \u201cI get to share his story as part of my platform. It\u2019s very important to me.\u201d Sharp joked following the pageant that, as a child, she was a hula-hooping champion at the NIBROC Festival. \u201cI would have never dreamed in a million years that I\u2019d be standing on this stage as NIBROC Queen,\u201d she said. \u201cIt really is special.\u201d In addition to winning the pageant, Sharp won the interview portion of the event. Bailee Okuma, of Corbin, was the pageant\u2019s first runner up and also best evening gown. MaKayla Mack, of Williamsburg, was second runner up. Kris Starns won the award for best swimsuit. Chloe Ingle was named most photogenic. Katelynn Johnson won the Alexandra Hamilton Congeniality Award. The pageant, along with the NIBROC, is organized every year by the Southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Bent Chumbley served as Master of Ceremonies. Gail Frederick, owner of the Gail Frederick School of Dance and Gymnastics, produced the pageant for the 35th straight year."}