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Kayleigh Best, 6, left, from Lascassas, Tenn., looks on as mermaid 'Aya' portrayed by Lauren Mynhier, 24, performs at Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies in Gatlinburg Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. Best and her parents Craig and Jennifer along with brother, Connor, were noted as the 15,000,000th visitors to the aquarium during a ceremony Tuesday. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)

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Kayleigh Best, 6, left, from Lascassas, Tenn., looks on as mermaid "Aya" portrayed by Lauren Mynhier, 24, performs at Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies in Gatlinburg Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. Best and her parents Craig and Jennifer along with brother, Connor, were noted as the 15,000,000th visitors to the aquarium during a ceremony Tuesday. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)

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  • Kayleigh Best, 6, left, from Lascassas, Tenn., looks on as mermaid 'Aya' portrayed by Lauren Mynhier, 24, performs at Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies in Gatlinburg Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. Best and her parents Craig and Jennifer along with brother, Connor, were noted as the 15,000,000th visitors to the aquarium during a ceremony Tuesday. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Santana Casey, 8, left, from Richlands, Va., talks with mermaid 'Aya' portrayed by Lauren Mynhier, right, during a performance at Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies in Gatlinburg Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. The mermaids perform daily by swimming with stingrays and sharks in the Stingray Bay area of the aquarium. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Marmaids 'Marina,' left, and 'Aya,' right, portrayed by Jenna Miller and Lauren Mynhier, respectively, pose for guests as they take photos in the Stingray Bay area at Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies in Gatlinburg Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. A performance Tuesday featured the mermaids swimming in a tank with sharks and stingrays in the Stingray Bay area of the aquarium. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Mermaid 'Marina' portrayed by Jenna Miller, 20, left, talks with Imani Ford Jr., 8, right, from Dayton, Ohio, in the Stingray Bay area at Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies in Gatlinburg Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. Miller, along with Lauren Mynhier, who portrays mermaid 'Aya,' swam in the tank with a rubberized costume designed to look like a mermaid's fin. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Lauren Mynhier, left, who portrays mermaid 'Aya' and Jenna Miller, right, who portrays mermaid 'Marina' share a laugh in a backstage area after a performance in the Stingray Bay area at Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies in Gatlinburg Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. The pair, who perform daily along with other actresses playing mermaids, use petroleum jelly to get in and out of their rubberized costumes that resemble mermaids' fins. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Guests take pictures as actresses playing mermaids perform in a tank at Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies in Gatlinburg Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. The mermaids, played by Lauren Mynhier and Jenna Miller, perform daily in the tank using rubberized suits that resemble mermaids' fins. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Lauren Mynhier, left, and Jenna Miller, right, perform as mermaids named 'Aya' and 'Marina,' respectively, in the Stingray Bay area at Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies in Gatlinburg Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. The actresses interacted with guests in the shallow area of the tank after their performance by posing for photos and answering questions. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)

Photos of Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies' mermaids show in Gatlinburg, Tenn., Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012.

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