Kim Boyce Family has always been a special part of Kim’s life. She grew up in Florida and sang together with her younger sister, Tina, and her mother, Gail. After graduating as salutatorian of her high school class, Kim pursued a broadcasting degree at the University of South Florida. During college, her inner beauty and talent, accompanied by her outer beauty and grace, led to her becoming Miss Florida and placement in the Top Ten Semi-Finalists at the 1984 Miss America Pageant. In 1985, she moved to Nashville to pursue her dream of a career in CCM. During the past 15 years, Kim has achieved much success: seven Contemporary Christian albums, with eleven number one songs, two hit videos, repeat Dove Award nominations and she has authored five books. Her early career was spend pioneering the genre of Christian dance/pop music. After much commercial and critical acclaim, Kim began in 1994 to change musical styles to an adult contemporary sound. “My own personal musical preferences were beginning to change, and I wanted that change to be reflected in my music as well,” Kim explains. “Gary and I both grew up singing in churches with our families and now with the releases of my latest two albums, ‘By Faith’ and ‘As I am’, we’re able to sing in churches once again.” Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.