Fifteen competing Friday night for Miss 91传媒 2016
Contact: Amelia Treptow
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擣ifteen students are seeking the title of Miss 91传媒 2016. Taking place Friday [Nov. 13], the annual pageant gets underway at 7 p.m. in historic Lee Hall鈥檚 Bettersworth Auditorium.
General admission is $15; $10 for enrolled 91传媒 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 91传媒 2016 will receive a full tuition scholarship. All of this year鈥檚 participants are receiving a $250 scholarship. 聽The winner of the Miss Mississippi Pageant advances to the Miss America Pageant.
In addition to Mississippi, this year鈥檚 contestants represent the states of Alabama and Tennessee. They include (by hometown):
ATHENS, Alabama鈥擲ophomore Rylie Livingston, a communication/broadcasting major who will be dancing to 鈥淎rabian Nights.鈥 Her platform is Threads of Dance.
CLANTON, Alabama鈥擲enior Jessica Swindle, a geosciences/broadcast meteorology major who will be singing 鈥淪tormy Weather.鈥 Her platform is Weathering the Storms: Severe Weather Preparedness.
FLORENCE鈥擲enior India Byrd, a biological sciences/pre-medicine major who will be singing 鈥淪tay.鈥 Her platform is R.A.R.E. (Raising Awareness while Raising Emma).
HATTIESBURG鈥擣reshman Jada Evans, a biological engineering major who will be performing a monologue to 鈥12 Long Years.鈥 Her platform is Beauty is Beyond the Eye of the Beholder.
HERNANDO鈥擩unior Lynzie Tingle, an educational psychology major who will be singing 鈥淚鈥檒l Stand By You.鈥 Her platform is Life Worth Living.
HOUSTON鈥擩unior Molly May, a communication/public relations major who will be singing 鈥淭hey Just Keep Moving the Line.鈥 Her platform is Breast Cancer Awareness.
JACKSON鈥擲enior Allissia Hill, a biological sciences major who will be performing a color guard routine to 鈥淧art of Me.鈥 Her platform is We Are More Than Just Pets.
KOSCIUSKO鈥擲enior Meredith Thomas, an interdisciplinary studies major who will be playing 鈥淕reat Balls of Fire鈥 on piano. Her platform is S.C.O.R.E. - Serving Communities, Embracing Opportunities, Returning Every Chance.
MEMPHIS, Tennessee鈥擣reshman Kathryn Tenner, a kinesiology/clinical exercise physiology major who will be dancing to 鈥淪un.鈥 Her platform is Best Buddies International.
NORTHPORT, Alabama鈥擣reshman Kristen Ward, a political science major who will be performing baton to 鈥淛ailhouse Rock.鈥 Her platform is Early Screening for Ovarian Cancer.
PONTOTOC鈥擲enior Nikki Fauver, a biological engineering major who will be performing ballet en pointe to 鈥淧iano Fantasy鈥 by William Joseph. Her platform is Breast Cancer Education and Awareness.
SHANNON鈥擲ophomore Alivia Paden Roberts, a communication/broadcasting major who will be performing ballet en pointe to 鈥淪torm.鈥 Her platform is Healthy Teens for a Better Mississippi: Teenage Pregnancy Prevention.
STARKVILLE鈥擲ophomore Mamie Coleman Rybolt, an educational psychology major who will be singing 鈥淗olding Out for A Hero.鈥 Her platform is Ovarian Cancer Awareness.
TAYLORSVILLE鈥擲ophomore Kaci Bryant, an elementary education major will be playing 鈥淩ondo Alla Turca鈥 on piano. Her platform is 5 Components Plus 1: The Importance of Childhood Literacy.
VICKSBURG鈥擣reshman Taelor Nelson, a biochemistry/forensic sciences major who will be performing the monologue 鈥淏arbie.鈥 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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