Brenna Mader thought she was done with the pageant circuit. After the Belmont alumna and former Miss Teen Wyoming USA placed in the top 15 and as third runner up in the Miss Tennessee USA in 2009 and 2010, Mader was “pretty sure she was never going to do that again.” When one of her best friends won the Miss Tennessee title last year though, the freelance producer and aspiring television host saw some potential in giving the statewide pageant one last shot. “I thought to myse

Belmont alumna Melinda Doolittle has come a long way since her days as Bruiser, the Belmont Bruins mascot. In fact, she’s far exceeded her own dreams. After finishing third on the sixth season of American Idol, Doolittle never dreamed she would be returning to Belmont as a celebrity like she did at Wednesday’s edition of the Insider’s View convo. “I didn’t plan on auditioning for American Idol. One of my friends was trying out and he convinced me that if I went with him I’d s