The inaugural Miss Tennessee Pearl is November 23, 2024!
Brandi Jo Middleton
Brandi Jo Middleton Miss Tennessee Pearl Sponsor
Mrs. Magnolia State 2023
International United Ms. 21/22
Mrs. Tennessee International 2019 and Top 7 at Mrs. Internationals
Holding over 2000 titles, and having coached winners since 2009, she has been involved in pageantry for over 44 years as a contestant, emcee, pageant director, competitor, and pageant coach and interview coach.
Brandi Jo Middleton is a familiar name and face all over the United States in pageantry. Having been featured on the popular television series as a coach, "Toddlers & Tiaras," her skills and experience range across all pageant genres from Natural, Modeling, to full Glitz pageants.
Most pageant girls have heard of The Pageant Planet, but did you know Miss Brandi Jo Middleton is one of their featured mock interview judges?
As International United Ms. 2021-2022, Brandi Jo Middleton was awarded the "Ms. Of The Year" award from Beauty It's Everywhere.
The pageant magazine, New Beauty Magazine, recognized Brandi Jo as "Top 5 Women Over 40" in 2022.
Favorite past titles are Mrs. Tennessee International 2019 (Top 10 at Mrs. International 2019), Mrs. America's Elegant, Miss 2020, International United Ms. 2021-2022 and Mrs. Magnolia State 2023.
Her passion for encouraging others to strive and achieve their goals inspired her to establish her platform "Crowning Confidence," formed in 2016.
She enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, everything Disney, and helping women feel beautiful! She has overcome many obstacles in her life, and shows others how to as well.
She now has her own pageant studio outside of Memphis and trains pageant girls and women all over the world. She is where pageant style, & interview skills begin. Are you ready to be "Crowned With Confidence"
Our Emcee: Cassandra
Recording Artist
Recording Artist
Recording Artist
Cassandra, also known as Cassandra Pinataro, is an opera singer and pop singer-songwriter with strong vocals and a range that spans over four octaves. Cassandra's pop career began in 2021 with monthly releases of singles leading up to her latest release, "Till They Do,” which utilizes her operatic vocals in “O mio babbino caro” from Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi and her pop/ rnb vocals throughout the song.
Nashville Opera
Recording Artist
Recording Artist
Cassandra recently graduated with a Master's of Arts in Music Business from Berklee College of Music Online and with a Bachelors of Music in Classical Vocal Performance at New England Conservatory in Boston, MA where she performed in jazz and contemporary improvisation ensembles and starred in her first opera roles. With 12 years of dance experience, 10 years of piano, and 7 years of violin and musical theater, Cassandra has been exploring a wide range of experiences on stage. Currently, Cassandra is living and creating music in Nashville, TN while performing with the Nashville Opera, most recently in The Magic Flute and the traveling Opera on Wheels program, gigging on the iconic Broadway strip in Nashville, traveling for recording projects, and running an online vocal studio to teach her students the art of crossing over from the classical to contemporary world of singing.
Miss America Organization
Miss America Organization
Miss America Organization
With her opera vocals, Cassandra won the Miss America Organization talent awards for both Tennessee and Massachusetts, was Miss Music City 2023, Miss Boston 2022, first runner-up at Miss Massachusetts 2022, and third runner-up at Miss Tennessee in 2023.
"Popera"
Miss America Organization
Miss America Organization
Blending her talents, she has created a new genre of “Popera” and is working on an album of this music. Cassandra has performed on NBC’s “Today in Nashville” and is the 2023 Finalist Winner of the John Lennon Songwriting Competition for her original song, “Love Country,” a 2023 semi finalist in the International Songwriting Competition for her original song, “Queen of Every Night,” a Finalist in the Unsigned Only Pop/Top 40 category, and regularly travels to Los Angeles to write pop rnb songs with her team.
Keely Nichole Photography
Keely Nichole Photography Official MTP Photographer
Keely Nichole Photography is a renowned international portrait and wedding photographer based in Kentucky. With a passion for capturing the essence of life’s most precious moments, Keely Nichole Photography has built a reputation for their stunning imagery and artistic eye. Their work has been featured in many publications including British Vogue, Vanity Fair, and Kentucky Bride Magazine. Keely will be capturing competition moments on and off the MTP stage!
Keely Nichole Photography will be offering packages to all contestants for their personal and professional use, portfolios, and social media pages!
$75 unedited package of all pictures
$175 edited package of all pictures
Unedited price goes to $100 on day of competition!