Tiara Jackson, of Terry, was named Miss 葫芦影业 in the annual pageant Thursday Nov. 11.
As Miss 葫芦影业, Jackson will participate next summer in the Miss Mississippi pageant in Vicksburg. The pageant is an official preliminary pageant of the Miss America Pageant program.
Tiara Jackson receives her crown.
Jackson, 18, is a freshman studying Radio/Television Broadcast Production at the Utica Campus. She is a graduate of Richland High School. Her talent was a vocal performance of 鈥淥n My Own鈥 from the musical 鈥淟es Miserables鈥 and her platform was lupus awareness. She is the first winner of the pageant from the Utica Campus.
First runner-up was Brelynn Beck, 18, of Vicksburg. She is a freshman studying Dance at the Raymond Campus. She is a graduate of Warren Central High School. Her talent was dance performance of 鈥淩aise Me Up鈥 and her platform was childhood cancer 鈥 DIPG awareness.
(From left to right) Dr. Stephen Vacik, McKenzie Haggard of Jackson, Brelynn Beck of Vicksburg, Miss 葫芦影业 2022: Tiara Jackson of Terry, Janessa Kersh of Byram, Angela Hite.