H. Truly (born 1937), USN vice-admiral, astronaut, NASA administrator (Fayette) Louis H. Wilson Jr. (1920–2005), Commandant of the Marine Corps and Medal of Honor recipient (Brandon) Models/pageant winners Jennifer Adcock (born 1980), Miss Mississippi 2002 and Miss Mississippi USA 2005 (Hattiesburg) Kristi Addis (born 1971), Miss Teen USA 1987 (Holcomb) Susan Akin (born 1965), Miss Mississippi 1985 and Miss America 1986 (Meridian) Asya Branch (born 1998), Miss Mississippi 2018, Miss Mississippi USA 2019, and Miss USA 2020 (Booneville) Jenna Edwards (born 1981), former Miss Florida and Miss Florida USA (Brandon) Ruth Ford (1911–2009), model (Hazlehurst) Taryn Foshee (born 1985), Miss Mississippi 2006 (Clinton) Tess Holliday (born 1985), first plus-size model (Laurel) Lauren Jones (born 1982), model, Barker's Beauty on The Price is Right, shoe line namesake (Jackson) June Juanico (born 1938), beauty queen known for dating Elvis Presley in 1955 and 1956 (Biloxi) Nan Kelley (born c. 1965), Miss Mississippi 1985 and GAC's Top 20 Country Countdown hostess (Hattiesburg) Kendra King, Miss Mississippi USA 2006 (Monticello) Christine Kozlowski (born 1988), Miss Mississippi 2008 (D'Iberville) Leah Laviano (born 1988), Miss Mississippi USA 2008, and 1st runner up in Miss USA 2008 (Ellisville) Monica Louwerens (born 1973), Miss Mississippi 1995 (Greenville) Lypsinka (born 1955), drag performer and model (Hazlehurst) Lynda Lee Mead (born 1939), Miss America 1960 (Natchez) Mary Ann Mobley (1939–2014), Miss America 1959 (Brandon) Kimberly Morgan (born 1983), Miss Mississippi 2007 (Taylor) Jasmine Murray (born 1991), Miss Mississippi 2014, Season 8 finalist on American Idol (Starkville) Cheryl Prewitt (born 1957), Miss America 1980 (Ackerman) Crystal Renn (born 1986), plus-size model and fashion model (Clinton) Hannah Roberts (born 1993), Miss University of Southern Mississippi 2015 (Mount Olive) Toni Seawright (born 1964), Miss Mississippi 1987; first African-American winner (Pascagoula) Naomi Sims (1948–2009), fashion model and author (Oxford) Ellen Stratton (born 1939), model and Playboy Playmate (Marietta) Amy Wesson (born 1977), fashion model (Tupelo) Cindy Williams (born 1964), journalist and Miss Mississippi USA 1986 Jalin Wood (born 1981), Miss Mississippi 2004 and Miss Mississippi USA 2007 (Waynesboro) Musicians Physicians Henry Cloud (born 1956), clinical psychologist (Vicksburg) Thomas F. Frist Sr. (1910–1998), cardiologist, founder of Hospital Corporation of America (Meridian) Arthur Guyton (1919–2003), physiologist, author of Textbook of Medical Physiology (Oxford) James Hardy (1918–2003), surgeon who performed the first successful cadaveric lung transplant (Jackson) T. R. M. Howard (1908–1976), surgeon and activist (Mound Bayou) Edgar Hull (1904–1984), co-founder of Medical Center of Louisiana at