RAYMOND – Abigail Walters, of Vicksburg, was named Miss ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú in the annual pageant Thursday, Nov. 17.
ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú President Dr. Clyde Muse and Miss ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú 2017 Abigail Walters, of Vicksburg. (ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú/April Garon)
As Miss ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú, 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 ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉúin 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 ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú 2017 Abigail Walters, both of Vicksburg; and first runner-up Bethanie Myers, of Walnut Grove. (ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú/April Garon)
Former Miss ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú 2016 Courtney Helom crowns Abigail Walters, of Vicksburg, as Miss ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú2017 during the year’s pageant Nov. 17. The pageant is an official preliminary pageant of the Miss America Pageant program. (ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú/April Garon)
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