Contact: Landon Gibson

STARKVILLE, Miss.Twenty-four students will compete for the title of Miss Maroon and White 2021 at Mississippi State University on Saturday [March 13].

The winner will be selected alongside four Maroon and White beauties at a public program in historic Lee Halls 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 MSU students with current I.D. Tickets are available through the Center for Student Activities in Colvard Student Union, Suite 314 or online athttps://msstate.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=1461.

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

BRANDONShelby G. Freeman, a senior marketing major; and Holley K. Yates, a junior accounting major.

CARRIEREJessie V. Besanson, a senior biochemistry major.

COLLIERVILLE, TennesseeChanning E. Perrett, a sophomore biological science major.

COMOSarrah C. Stephenson, a junior animal and dairy sciences major.

CORINTHRachel G. Carpenter, a junior accounting major.

EUPORAChloe S. Vaughn, a senior communication major.

HATTIESBURGBlakeley E. Baudoin, a sophomore biochemistry major.

HOUSTONAddyson C. Crump, a freshman elementary education major.

KOSCIUSKOAdyson D. Poole, a junior landscape architecture major.

MACONStephanie D. Kauffman, a senior educational psychology major.

MADISONSavannah 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, AlabamaDacey T. Burgess, a freshman elementary education major; and Elisa S. Castaeda, a junior architecture major.

MERIDIANTaylor C. Cook, a junior communication major.

MOBILE, AlabamaMadeleine I. Thompson, a sophomore communication major.

MURFREESBORO, TennesseeAinsley E. Gordon, a senior biological sciences major.

NESBITKennedi L. Pigues, a senior accounting major.

OXFORDMary Paxton Heiskell, a freshman food science, nutrition and health promotion major.

RICHTONCamille E. Green, a senior wildlife, fisheries and aquaculture major.

RIDGELANDCandice R. Bruce, a sophomore communication major.

SEBASTOPOLLydia B. Bishop, a junior communication major.

MSU is Mississippis leading university, available online at http://www.msstate.edu.

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