{"id":68284,"date":"2017-06-22T10:08:55","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T15:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=68284"},"modified":"2017-06-22T10:08:55","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T15:08:55","slug":"miss-university-compete-miss-mississippi-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/miss-university-compete-miss-mississippi-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Miss University to Compete for Miss Mississippi Title"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Miss University Leah Gibson and 10 other Ole Miss students will compete for the title of Miss Mississippi this week in Vicksburg. Kevin Bain\/Ole Miss Communications<\/p><\/div>\n

By Saturday (June 24), judges will have worked their way through 44 contestants and crowned the 60th <\/span>Miss Mississippi.<\/p>\n

Miss University Leah Gibson and 10 other Ole Miss<\/a> students are among the contestants. The diamond anniversary of the 2017 Miss Mississippi pageant begins Wednesday (June 21) with preliminary competitions throughout the week in Vicksburg.<\/p>\n

The top 10 advance to compete for the crown beginning at 8 p.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n

Gibson will represent the University of Mississippi as reigning Miss University. A 2017 graduate, Gibson earned her bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism in May.<\/p>\n

Ten other Ole Miss students will also vie for the crown: Miss All-America City, Asya Branch; Miss Parade of Beauties, Blair Wortsmith; Miss DeSoto County, Charley Ann Nix; Miss Tupelo, Dana Wesley; Miss Riverland, Joy Addison; Miss Amory, Kasey Pearson; Miss Pine Belt, Lizzie Wicks; Miss Rolling Hills, Macken’z Smith; Miss Heart of the South, Mary Katherine McCaa; and Miss Southern Magnolia, Mary Margaret Hyer<\/p>\n

The final round will air live on WLBT in Jackson, WTVA in Tupelo, WABG in Greenville, WGBC in Meridian, WLOX in Biloxi and WMC-TV in Memphis.<\/p>\n

Be sure to tune in to cheer on all our Ole Miss contestants!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Saturday (June 24), judges will have worked their way through 44 contestants and crowned the 60th Miss Mississippi. Miss University Leah Gibson and 10 other Ole Miss students are among the contestants. The diamond anniversary of the 2017 Miss Mississippi pageant begins Wednesday (June 21) with preliminary competitions throughout the week in Vicksburg. 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