Distinguished Young Women, formerly America’s Junior Miss, was founded in 1958 as a way to reward the accomplishments of high school senior girls seeking to pursue higher education.
While modest in its beginnings, Distinguished Young Women grew and remains today the largest and oldest scholarship program for high school girls. With scholarship, leadership, and talent as its overarching theme, Distinguished Young Women has drawn over 780,000 young women to compete in the program at the local, state, and national levels and $118 million in cash scholarships have been awarded to deserving young women.
On Saturday night, South Pittsburg High School student Julien Bynum won the competition and was named the 2025 Tennessee Distinguished Young Woman of the Year! You can watch a video of Julien winning on the Sequatchie Valley Now Facebook page.
