MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2011 By
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2011 By: Representatives Frierson, Formby To: Rules HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 40 1 A RESOLUTION COMMENDING AND CONGRATULATING MISS WHITNEY 2 MILLER OF POPLARVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, FOR WINNING THE TITLE OF 3 "MASTERCHEF" IN SEASON ONE OF FOX TELEVISION NETWORK'S REALITY 4 COOKING COMPETITION SERIES "MASTERCHEF." 5 WHEREAS, on September 15, 2010, University of Southern 6 Mississippi senior, Whitney Miller, was crowned "MasterChef" of 7 FOX Television's first season of "MasterChef," a reality cooking 8 competition series hosted by celebrity Chef Gordon Ramsay; and 9 WHEREAS, she auditioned for the show in New Orleans, 10 Louisiana, and was one of 50 top chefs selected from around the 11 nation; and 12 WHEREAS, in the competition's finale, this 22-year-old 13 college student prevailed against a 29-year-old software engineer 14 from Boston, capturing the title of "MasterChef," $250,000.00 in 15 prize money and a contract to publish her own cookbook; and 16 WHEREAS, her winning meal included an appetizer of sweet 17 shrimp on a crispy corn cake, a main course of fried chicken with 18 creamed collard greens, and a dessert of bread pudding with 19 raspberry coulis and white chocolate sauce; and 20 WHEREAS, the second of three children born to Mary and John 21 Miller of Poplarville, Mississippi, Whitney developed her passion 22 and love for food at a young age by creating delicious meals with 23 her mother; and 24 WHEREAS, coined the "Pastry Princess" by the judges, her 25 giggly cute-as-could-be exterior concealed a steely 26 self-confidence that propelled this nutrition and biology major to 27 become a culinary champion; and H.
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