Fifteen competing Friday night for Miss Ļć½¶Ö±²„2016
Contact: Amelia Treptow
STARKVILLE, Miss.āFifteen students are seeking the title of Miss Ļć½¶Ö±²„ 2016. Taking place Friday [Nov. 13], the annual pageant gets underway at 7 p.m. in historic Lee Hallās Bettersworth Auditorium.
General admission is $15; $10 for enrolled Ļć½¶Ö±²„students with identification. Tickets may be purchased online at or from the Center for Student Activities in Colvard Student Union, Suite 314.
Along with representing the university next summer at the Miss Mississippi Pageant in Vicksburg, Miss Ļć½¶Ö±²„2016 will receive a full tuition scholarship. All of this yearās participants are receiving a $250 scholarship. Ā The winner of the Miss Mississippi Pageant advances to the Miss America Pageant.
In addition to Mississippi, this yearās contestants represent the states of Alabama and Tennessee. They include (by hometown):
ATHENS, AlabamaāSophomore Rylie Livingston, a communication/broadcasting major who will be dancing to āArabian Nights.ā Her platform is Threads of Dance.
CLANTON, AlabamaāSenior Jessica Swindle, a geosciences/broadcast meteorology major who will be singing āStormy Weather.ā Her platform is Weathering the Storms: Severe Weather Preparedness.
FLORENCEāSenior India Byrd, a biological sciences/pre-medicine major who will be singing āStay.ā Her platform is R.A.R.E. (Raising Awareness while Raising Emma).
HATTIESBURGāFreshman Jada Evans, a biological engineering major who will be performing a monologue to ā12 Long Years.ā Her platform is Beauty is Beyond the Eye of the Beholder.
HERNANDOāJunior Lynzie Tingle, an educational psychology major who will be singing āIāll Stand By You.ā Her platform is Life Worth Living.
HOUSTONāJunior Molly May, a communication/public relations major who will be singing āThey Just Keep Moving the Line.ā Her platform is Breast Cancer Awareness.
JACKSONāSenior Allissia Hill, a biological sciences major who will be performing a color guard routine to āPart of Me.ā Her platform is We Are More Than Just Pets.
KOSCIUSKOāSenior Meredith Thomas, an interdisciplinary studies major who will be playing āGreat Balls of Fireā on piano. Her platform is S.C.O.R.E. - Serving Communities, Embracing Opportunities, Returning Every Chance.
MEMPHIS, TennesseeāFreshman Kathryn Tenner, a kinesiology/clinical exercise physiology major who will be dancing to āSun.ā Her platform is Best Buddies International.
NORTHPORT, AlabamaāFreshman Kristen Ward, a political science major who will be performing baton to āJailhouse Rock.ā Her platform is Early Screening for Ovarian Cancer.
PONTOTOCāSenior Nikki Fauver, a biological engineering major who will be performing ballet en pointe to āPiano Fantasyā by William Joseph. Her platform is Breast Cancer Education and Awareness.
SHANNONāSophomore Alivia Paden Roberts, a communication/broadcasting major who will be performing ballet en pointe to āStorm.ā Her platform is Healthy Teens for a Better Mississippi: Teenage Pregnancy Prevention.
STARKVILLEāSophomore Mamie Coleman Rybolt, an educational psychology major who will be singing āHolding Out for A Hero.ā Her platform is Ovarian Cancer Awareness.
TAYLORSVILLEāSophomore Kaci Bryant, an elementary education major will be playing āRondo Alla Turcaā on piano. Her platform is 5 Components Plus 1: The Importance of Childhood Literacy.
VICKSBURGāFreshman Taelor Nelson, a biochemistry/forensic sciences major who will be performing the monologue āBarbie.ā Her platform is Preventing Child Obesity in Mississippi.
For additional information, contact the Center for Student Activities at 662-325-2930.
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