Lauren Edmunds

Miss Southern Rivers 2009

Lauren Edmunds is the twenty-year-old daughter of Fred and Kay Edmunds of Americus , GA. She is a 2007 honor graduate of Southland Academy , where she was the Salutatorian of her class. Lauren is a Furnishings and Interiors major at The University of Georgia. She plans to graduate in 2011 and will pursue a career as an interior designer and professional organizer.

In the Miss Southern Rivers competition, Lauren presented a jazz en pointe routine to Michael Bublé’s “Feelin’ Good.” Currently, Lauren is a dance teacher at Freedom of Movement Dance Academy in Watkinsville , GA. There, she instructs students who are three through six-years-old in ballet, tap, and jazz.

                Lauren’s personal platform of five years is Breast Cancer Awareness because her mother and grandmother are both survivors. Having worked with the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, BMW Drive for the Cure, American Cancer Society, and Pink Pals, Lauren is spreading her family’s story in order to fight breast cancer

Forum Weekend March 2009