Chelsea Ingram is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Ingram II of Cary, North Carolina. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Doby of Morehead City, NC and Mr. and Mrs. John Ingram of Myrtle Beach, SC.

Chelsea was crowned the 50th anniversary Miss Garner on November 1, 2008.
She won with a vocal performance of "Only Love" from the musical "The
Scarlet Pimpernel.” She has been a student of voice for 15 years; is also an accomplished pianist, flutist and piccoloist. She is honored to be among 49 of the most talented and intelligent women who have represented the coveted Miss Garner title before her.

Chelsea is a rising junior honor student, majoring in Meteorology in the
College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences at North Carolina State University, one of the top-ten schools for meteorology studies in the nation. She is also obtaining a minor in music and has the privilege of taking music classes at Meredith College, through an inter-institutional program offered at NC State. Her career ambition is to receive her doctorate in meteorology and to become a Meteorologist in a top-ten media market.