Representing ENGLAND  - Miss Talitha Piggott whose great-great grandfather, Sir Francis Taylor Piggott, was Chief Justice of Hong Kong and Mauritius.  Miss Piggott?s great grandfather, Francis Gilderoy Piggott D.S.O. was Special Advisor to Japanese Emperor Hirohito.  Miss Piggott?s grandfather General Francis Claude Piggott D.S.O. was Director of British Military Intelligence.  Representing FLORIDA - Miss Gabriella Arrien who is a great granddaughter of Prime Minister Dr. Julio A. Guitiérrez. and a granddaughter of Prime Minister and Acting President Dr. Mario R. Guitiérrez of Bolivia.   Representing ARKANSAS - Miss Olivia Laine Tyson, granddaughter of Donald J. Tyson, Chairman Emeritus of Tyson Foods Inc.   Representing NEW YORK - Miss Hadley Marie Nagel, a student at Johns Hopkins University and Hodson Trust Scholar.  Miss Nagel has been called the "Youngest Lobbyist on Capital Hill" for her crusade for, and founding of, Americans for Madison; an organization urging congress to pass a bill that calls for the federal government to fund a monument in James Madison's honor.  Also representing NEW YORK -  Miss Grace Elisabeth Quick, whose father, Mr. Peter Quick, is former President of the American Stock Exchange.  Representing CONNECTICUT -  Miss Katherine Anne Bontecou DuVal whose grandfather was the late former Virginia Senator Clive DuVal, II.   Representing TEXAS - Miss Meredith Bess Mosbacher, granddaughter of the late Robert A. Mosbacher, Sr., who was Secretary of Commerce under President George H.W. Bush.  Meredith's father, Robert A. Mosbacher, Jr., was President and CEO of Mosbacher Energy Company.   Other girls representing TEXAS are Miss Claire Susan Crenshaw of Austin who is the daughter of Mr. Ben Crenshaw, the professional golfer who has won two Masters Tournaments and in 2003 was inducted into the Golf Hall of Fame, and Miss Olivia Lauren Flores, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Flores who is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Plains Exploration & Production Company.  
 

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