From ‘not pageant people’ to Miss Louisiana stage: Addison J…

That pageant feeds into the Miss Louisiana pageant, which is part of the Miss America system. The winner of Miss Louisiana Saturday night will move on to the Miss America pageant.

Addison’s pageant platform is encouraging girls to build confidence in themselves — Confidence to Career, Jackson said.

“She competed last night for the preliminary in talent and on stage question and will compete tonight in beauty and fitness,” Jackson said.

On Saturday at the beginning of the pageant, the field will be cut to 11 contestants, and then the top five.

“One of the top five will get a crown,” Jackson said.

The preliminary competitions and the pageant will be streamed on MissLouisiana.com and the Saturday pageant will be broadcast live on KNOE-TV.

“They let me see her for five minutes yesterday,” she said. “This is the experience of a lifetime. She is making friendships and relationships that will last a lifetime. We are so proud of her. Addison is such a sweet girl.”

She is the youngest of three sisters, Allison and Anna Claire Jackson.

Angela said her husband, Craig Jackson, is particularly excited and proud of all three of his daughters.

“He’s a great girl dad,” she said. “They think he hung the moon, and he did.”