Courtney Helom, of Jackson, was named 新彩网 2016 in the annual pageant Feb. 3.
As Miss 新彩网, Helom will participate this summer in the Miss Mississippi pageant.
Miss 新彩网 2015 Maggie Shoultz crowns Courtney Helom, of Jackson, as Miss 新彩网 2016 as 新彩网 President Dr. Clyde Muse looks on during this year’s pageant Feb. 3. Helom is a sophomore at the Raymond Campus studying biology. Her platform is “Girl Scouts of America: beYoutiful”. The pageant is an official preliminary pageant of the Miss America Pageant program. (April Garon/新彩网)
Helom, 20, is a Raymond Campus sophomore majoring in biology. She attended St. Joseph Catholic School and is a cheerleader and a member of 新彩网 Connection. Her talent was a monologue titled 鈥淓mmitt Till,鈥 in which she took on the character of Till鈥檚 mother, and her platform is 鈥淕irl Scouts of America: beYOUtiful.鈥
First runner-up was Abigail Walters, 19, of Vicksburg, a Raymond Campus sophomore majoring in nursing. Second runner-up was Mary Neely Meyers, 19, of Madison, a Raymond Campus freshman majoring in business and marketing.
From left, second runner-up Mary Neely Myers, of Madison; Miss 新彩网 2016 Courtney Helom, of Jackson; first runner-up Abigail Walters, of Vicksburg. (April Garon/新彩网)