RAYMOND – Abigail Walters, of Vicksburg, was named Miss ºÚÁϹÙÍø in the annual pageant Thursday, Nov. 17.
As Miss ºÚÁϹÙÍø, 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 Hinds in 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.
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