Over 500 students attended the annual Miss Freshman Revue yesterday in the Smith-Brown Memorial Union at 7:30 p.m.
Miss Southern Mhykeisha Evans and SGA President Jamal Taylor commenced the show and presented the theme: “Lights, Camera, Action.”
Miss Freshman candidates Alexandria Cooper, Janea Jamison, Amber Jorrell and Chauncey McCoy went through a series of scenes to showcase what they have to offer to the freshman class and Southern University.
Students lined the halls of the Smith-Brown Memorial Union awaiting the commencement of the program.
Rana Badie, a freshman nursing major from New Orleans, mentioned that she was looking forward to all of the scenes and was still undecided about her choice for Miss Freshman.
“She should possess loyalty, honesty, patience and kindness,” said Badie, describing attributes she felt were essential for a Miss Freshman to properly represent the freshman class.
Some students already had an idea of whom they were going to vote for during elections.
Bernard Wheeler, a freshman business major from Bastrop, said that McCoy was his choice candidate.
“She has a good personality and she gets along with people well,” said Wheeler.
During intermission, there was a fashion show highlighting the proper attire to wear for the career fair, which will be held on September 17. The Gold N’ Bluez also performed, dancing to “When I Grow Up” by the Pussycat Dolls.
Miss Sophomore Kathryn Curtis co-hosted the interview portion of the program and felt that Miss Freshman should “be able to speak well in front of people.”
At the close of the revue, candidate Amber Jorell, a Biology major from Baker, was awarded the Miss Congeniality Award.
“They are all beautiful ladies and I don’t think anyone could deserve the Miss Congeniality award more than Amber did,” said McCoy, a nursing major from Monroe.
Jorell was happy that she won the congeniality award and felt that “it’s great to know that they felt that way about me—just being myself.”
Cooper, a marketing major from Lafayette, was pleased with the candidates’ overall performance throughout the revue.
“All the contestants were wonderful. It (the revue) was a great experience for all the girls,” said Cooper.
The candidates, despite the stresses of the campaigning process, still hold fast to their individual values.
“I’m a very religious person; I was an alter server, a volunteer worker, and I am president of a Catholic youth organization,” said Jamison. “I hold God first.”
Elections for Miss Freshman and other unfilled Student Government Association positions will be held in the Royal Cotillion Ballroom on Monday, Sept. 15, from nine a.m. to five p.m. Run-off elections will be held on Sept. 17.
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