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Mississippi State hosts Miss Maroon and White Pageant themed ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

Mississippi State hosts Miss Maroon and White Pageant themed ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

Contact: Landon Gibson

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Twenty-four students will compete for the title of Miss Maroon and White 2021 at С»ÆÊésity on Saturday [March 13].

The winner will be selected alongside four Maroon and White beauties at a public program in historic Lee Hall’s Bettersworth Auditorium. The event begins at 7:30 p.m., with doors opening at 7 p.m.

Admission is $15 for the general public and $10 for С»ÆÊé students with current I.D. Tickets are available through the Center for Student Activities in Colvard Student Union, Suite 314 or online at .

In addition to Mississippi, this year’s contestants represent Alabama and Tennessee. They include (by hometown):

BRANDON—Shelby G. Freeman, a senior marketing major; and Holley K. Yates, a junior accounting major.

CARRIERE—Jessie V. Besanson, a senior biochemistry major.

COLLIERVILLE, Tennessee—Channing E. Perrett, a sophomore biological science major.

COMO—Sarrah C. Stephenson, a junior animal and dairy sciences major.

CORINTH—Rachel G. Carpenter, a junior accounting major.

EUPORA—Chloe S. Vaughn, a senior communication major.

HATTIESBURG—Blakeley E. Baudoin, a sophomore biochemistry major.

HOUSTON—Addyson C. Crump, a freshman elementary education major.

KOSCIUSKO—Adyson D. Poole, a junior landscape architecture major.

MACON—Stephanie D. Kauffman, a senior educational psychology major.

MADISON—Savannah M. Richardson, a junior elementary education major; Abby E. Vance, a freshman food science, nutrition and health promotion major; and Camille Waller, a freshman communication major.

MADISON, Alabama—Dacey T. Burgess, a freshman elementary education major; and Elisa S. Castañeda, a junior architecture major.

MERIDIAN—Taylor C. Cook, a junior communication major.

MOBILE, Alabama—Madeleine I. Thompson, a sophomore communication major.

MURFREESBORO, Tennessee—Ainsley E. Gordon, a senior biological sciences major.

NESBIT—Kennedi L. Pigues, a senior accounting major.

OXFORD—Mary Paxton Heiskell, a freshman food science, nutrition and health promotion major.

RICHTON—Camille E. Green, a senior wildlife, fisheries and aquaculture major.

RIDGELAND—Candice R. Bruce, a sophomore communication major.

SEBASTOPOL—Lydia B. Bishop, a junior communication major.

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