Sometimes, 31-year-old Lauren Jones wears high heels when she is doing housework at her Apison home.
Jones, an automotive assembly engineer at the Volkswagen Group of America plant in Chattanooga, said it’s good practice for the upcoming Mrs. International 2025 pageant in July.
“I will literally do housework in my pageant heels to get used to them,” Jones said in an interview. “I fold laundry, do the dishes. People get a giggle out of that, (but) it’s to prepare for the stage.”
Jones was recently named Mrs. Tennessee International 2025 through a lengthy application and interview process and will compete against dozens of other contestants at the Mrs. International 2025 pageant July 18-19 in Kingsport, Tennessee, at the Meadowview Conference Resort. The 36-year-old pageant is open to married women ages 21 to 56 and features contestants from around the world.
Jones, a Clemson University graduate, is not new to pageants, having competed in various competitions through high school and college before taking a break to get married and start her career. She is former Miss Mississippi for America winner and has placed in the Top 15 in the Miss Magnolia State pageant, she said.