June 2, 2010

Cali Crissup, a sophomore at Northwestern Oklahoma State University, will represent the university during the Miss Oklahoma Pageant held June 8-12, at 7:30 p.m., in Tulsa at the Mabee Center.

This is the first time for the mass communication major to compete in the Miss Oklahoma Pageant.

Crissup will sing “There You’ll Be” from the movie Pearl Harbor. Her platform is “Self-esteem for teens and tweens.”

At Northwestern, Crissup participated with the President’s Leadership Class and will mentor the incoming class. She’s a member of the Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority on campus and is a Northwestern Scholar Ambassador and part of the Student Government Association.

Learning hands on skills in pursuit of her career in mass communication, Crissup is part of Northwestern’s award-winning NWTV7 crew and Oklahoma Broadcast Education Association/Society of Professional Journalists.

The final day of competition for the Miss Oklahoma Pageant is set for Saturday, June 12.

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