Here Comes Ms. Senior America

Fran Owens, Ms. Massachusetts Senior America 2007
An ardent believer in the pageant's ideals, Ms. Owens has traveled the country doing shows in Las Vegas; Atlantic City, N.J.; Branson, Mo.; and at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tenn. She says existence is more meaningful at this stage of her life and that she is "using her God-given talent and living her dream."

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