TWO OF VIRGINIA’S TOP EVENTS FOR YOUNG WOMEN WILL BE RETURNING TO BRISTOL NEXT MONTH AFTER BEING GONE FOR TWO YEARS. THE 2009 MISS VIRGINIA TEEN USA AND MISS VIRGINIA USA PAGENTS WILL BE HELD OCTOBER 24TH AND 25TH AT VIRGINIA INTERMONT COLLEGE’S HARRISON-JONES AUDITORIUM. RECRUITMENT FOR THE EVENTS HAS BEEN A STATEWIDE PROBLEM. FORMER MISS VIRGINIA KIM JOHNSON HAS SAID FINDING YOUNG WOMEN TODAY WITH SELF-CONFIDENCE IS DISAPPOINTING. SHE SEES THE PAGENT AS A TOOL FOR BUILDING CHARACTER IN YOUNG WOMEN.