Held at the

Robert Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech, the pageant capped a

year-long program designed to prevent teen pregnancy and drug abuse, and

break the cycle of poverty in young female residents of public and Section

8 assisted housing in unincorporated Fulton County.

Griffin, who

received a $2,500 college scholarship and other prizes, also won category

awards for most talented and most graceful.

The Creekside

High School tenth-grader likes to study world history, and wants to be

a psychiatrist.

Marqueetah

Hicks, Westlake High School, and Candace Willis, North Springs High School,

were first and second runnersup.

Britt, a Camp

Creek Middle School seventh-grader, loves math and wants to be a doctor

or lawyer. Sherderia Presley and Demiquea Scott, also Camp Creek students,

were first and second runnersup.

Other category

winners were: Willis ; most congenial; Kartavia Farley, Camp Creek, most

improved; Hicks, most spirited, most physically fit, best interview, and

leadership award; and Jasmine Butler, Camp Creek, Executive Director's

Award.

"I congratulate

these young ladies for participating in this program, which helps them

realize their potential for success," said District 7 Commissioner

William "Bill" Edwards, who represents South Fulton.