#bumpkintheatrekid Jessamine Taylor was once a name known all over town. A pageant star with the trophies to prove it, she had been training for Miss America since she could crawl. However, there was a dark secret behind Jess' success, her mother forcing her into rigorous and cruel training routines and neglecting her if she failed. When a judge at one of the pageants spotted bruises on the girl, she was taken away from her home and adopted by Jerry [continued below]