Miss Oklahoma Tessa Dorrell shows a picture of her blue pageant dress to three six-year-olds - Sarah Sprague of Tecumseh, Kenya Lightsey of Shawnee and Sibyl Hays of McLoud - during story time on July 29. Natasha Dunagan, Countywide & Sun
Miss Oklahoma Tessa Dorrell reads "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" by Eric Carle and Bill Martin, Jr. to children at the Shawnee Public Library on July 29. She also read "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" by Laura Numeroff and a book about farming handed to her by two-year-old audience member, Terra Hays, of McLoud. Dorrell and her mother, Tami Dorrell, answered questions about pageant life, as well. Before she became Miss Oklahoma in June, Tessa worked as a sideline reporter.
Tami Dorrell, the mother of Miss Oklahoma Tessa Dorrell, gets a hug from a former Choctaw High School student Marissa Lightsey, of Shawnee, and her seven-month-old baby, Imani Lightsey. Natasha Dunagan, Countywide & Sun
Two former co-workers with very different jobs now led to Miss Oklahoma Tessa Dorrell reading to children during the afternoon storytime at Shawnee Public Library on July 29.Dorrell and Shawnee Children’s Librarian Jairo Montelongo both worked with the OKC Dodgers, now Comets, minor league baseball team. Dorrell was a sideline reporter and in-game host for the Oklahoma Sports Network, ...
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