Mexico’s Callie Cox has been transformed by Miss Missouri program Published by admin on Wed, 06/09/2021 - 6:52am Callie Cox, a Mexico native, will be competing in the Miss Missouri Scholarship Competition this month. [Submitted photo] By: Editor Callie Cox grew up in Mexico, surrounded in June by the pageantry of the Miss Missouri Scholarship Competition. She even served in the Show Me Little Sisters program, experiencing the event alongside contestants. But Cox doesn't see that as an advantage as she prepares to take part June 16-19 at Missouri Military Academy as the reigning Miss Zona Rosa. “I didn't necessarily understand all the hard work involved,” she explained. “When I first walked in, the private interview was so intimidating.”