Mississippi State hosts annual Miss Maroon and White Pageant themed āA Night in Parisā
Contact: Aspen Harris
STARKVILLE, Miss.āThirty-four students will compete for the title of Miss Maroon and White 2023 at Mississippi State on March 22.
The winner will be selected along with four Maroon and White beauties in Lee Hallās Bettersworth Auditorium. Open to the public, the event hosted by the Student Association begins at 7 p.m., with doors opening at 6:30 p.m.
Admission is $15 for the general public and $10 for Ļć½¶Ö±²„students. Tickets are available at the door.
With the theme āA Night in Paris,ā each contestant will compete in the areas of interview, evening gown and on-stage question.
Miss Maroon and White will receive a sash and crown, and beauties will receive a bouquet of flowers.
In addition to Mississippi, this yearās contestants represent Alabama, Arkansas, South Carolina and Tennessee. They include (by hometown):
AIKEN, South CarolinaāAvery Gray, a freshman professional meteorology major.
BATESVILLEāKylie Stephens, a sophomore animal and dairy sciences/pre-veterinary major.
BRANDONāMegan McMinn, a sophomore fashion design and merchandising major.
CARTHAGEāAnna Johnston, a freshman kinesiology major.
CLINTONāAbigail Farr, a junior business management major; and Joise Nasekos, a senior environmental economics and management major.
GLUCKSTADTāChloe Carter, a sophomore communication/broadcast journalism major.
GRENADAāHannah Briscoe, a junior business administration major.
HAMILTON, AlabamaāNatalie Robertson, a freshman communication/broadcast journalism major.
HARTSELLE, AlabamaāHannah Gregory, a senior secondary education major.
HATTIESBURGāAvery Hudson, a freshman nutrition major; and Merrit McLemore, a freshman communication major.
HOUSTONāAddyson Crump, a junior communication/public relations major; and Katherine Hill, a freshman criminology major.
JACKSONāLiliana Hewitt, a sophomore English major.
KOSCIUSKOāAdyson Poole, a senior landscape architecture major; and Austin Jones, a freshman accounting major.
LEXINGTON, South CarolinaāJadyn Snider, a freshman animal and dairy sciences/pre-veterinary major.
LOUISVILLEāChloe Weeks, a sophomore psychology major; and Kaylee Gregory, a junior microbiology major.
MADISONāAmari Cooper, a sophomore biological sciences and social work double major; and Helen Horecky, a junior communication/public relations major.
MERIDIANāChloe Woodall, a freshman biological sciences major.
MOBILE, AlabamaāElizabeth Bergman, a freshman civil engineering major; and Madeleine Thompson, a senior communication/public relations major.
MONTGOMERY, AlabamaāMargaret McNeill, a junior biological sciences major.
NASHVILLE, TennesseeāAniyah McKissic, a freshman music education major.
PHILADELPHIAāMeredith Adams, a freshman marketing/integrated digital marketing major.
SALTILLOāAnnabelle Bunch, a senior communication/broadcast journalism major.
SEARCY, ArkansasāCarson McFatridge, a sophomore wildlife, fisheries and aquaculture major.
SOUTHAVENāKyla Brown, a junior aerospace engineering major.
STARKVILLEāClaire Farmer, a sophomore special education major; and Makenzie Stone, a sophomore communication/public relations major.
WALNUT GROVEāShemah Crosby, a junior anthropology major.
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