Could Patsy's sister who lives in Roswell put pics of JBR in the local paper everytime she won a beauty contest?
Did she and would the paper print it? Some of the local rags are desperate for anything they can publish. I doubt it would have made a dent in the AJC *unless* the pageant was local or if AJC was still in social contact with the Ramseys from their time in Atlanta.
The AJC is stored on microfilm so it can be researched. I don't know if they offer online archives but it would be interesting to do a word search on "JonBenet" *prior* to 12/25/96 to see if she is ever mentioned.