RAYMOND – Abigail Walters, of Vicksburg, was named Miss ¿ªÐÄ¹í´«Ã½ in the annual pageant Thursday, Nov. 17.
¿ªÐÄ¹í´«Ã½ President Dr. Clyde Muse and Miss ¿ªÐÄ¹í´«Ã½ 2017 Abigail Walters, of Vicksburg. (¿ªÐÄ¹í´«Ã½/April Garon)
As Miss ¿ªÐÄ¹í´«Ã½, Walters will participate next summer in the Miss Mississippi pageant in Vicksburg. The pageant is an official preliminary pageant of the Miss America Pageant program.
Walters, 20, is a student at the Jackson Campus-Nursing Allied Health Center. She graduated from ¿ªÐÄ¹í´«Ã½ in 2016 and is currently in nursing school. She attended Warren Central High School. Her talent was a jazz dance routine and her platform was Stay Active Seniors!
First runner-up was Bethanie Myers, of Walnut Grove, a Raymond Campus sophomore studying Secondary Education. Second runner-up was Hope Ragan, of Vicksburg, a Utica Campus freshman studying Criminology.
From left, second runner-up Hope Ragan; Miss ¿ªÐÄ¹í´«Ã½ 2017 Abigail Walters, both of Vicksburg; and first runner-up Bethanie Myers, of Walnut Grove. (¿ªÐÄ¹í´«Ã½/April Garon)
Former Miss ¿ªÐÄ¹í´«Ã½ 2016 Courtney Helom crowns Abigail Walters, of Vicksburg, as Miss ¿ªÐÄ¹í´«Ã½ 2017 during the year’s pageant Nov. 17. The pageant is an official preliminary pageant of the Miss America Pageant program. (¿ªÐÄ¹í´«Ã½/April Garon)
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