Miss Northwestern Oklahoma State University Carli Seabolt and Miss Northwestern’s Outstanding Teen Ella Dierlam will pass on their crowns Sunday, Oct. 23, to the two women who will be chosen to represent the university at the Miss Oklahoma Competition in the coming year.
The competitions will take place in Herod Hall Auditorium at 6 p.m. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are available in the Northwestern Business Office or from candidates. General admission is $8 in advance or $10 at the door and $3 for students with ID. Tickets also are available from Paige Fischer, executive director, at (580) 327-8533.
Fifteen women are competing for the Miss Northwestern title including Jadyn Budig, senior biology and chemistry major from Shattuck; Ella Gibson, freshman psychology major from Pond Creek; Chloe Lehr, freshman secondary science education major from Alva; Halea Locke, sophomore early childhood education major from Hooker; KD McCleary, senior chemistry and biology major from Blackwell; Madison McMahan, junior biology major from McAlester; Jordan Pierce, freshman biology major from Enid; M’Cheila Rader, junior English major from Eudora, Kansas; Elisabeth Ridgway, sophomore biology major from Alva; Emily Smith, junior vocal music education major from Holdenville; Cora Beth Taylor, junior biology major from Kingfisher; Keeli Truelove, freshman psychology major from Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Kaitlyn Vincent, freshman vocal music performance major from Grand Junction, Colorado; Rebecca Wagner, junior mass communication major from Pawnee; and Mikayla Webb, freshman early childhood education major from Seiling.
Four high school students are participating in Miss Northwestern’s Outstanding Teen competition. Teens competing are Mattilyn Bixler of Tonkawa; Tristyn Burgess of Mooreland; Kya Carpenter of Cordell; and Abigail Miller of Pond Creek.
Candidates for the Miss Northwestern title will be judged on talent, red carpet (evening gown), private interview, and social impact and on-stage interview. Candidates in the Miss Northwestern’s Outstanding Teen competition will be judged on talent, private interview, lifestyle and fitness, and on-stage question.
Each candidate in both the Miss and Teen categories will receive participation scholarship awards, and placement determines other prize earnings.
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CONTACT FOR RELEASE
Erin Davis, University Relations Specialist
eedavis@nwosu.edu ; 580-327-8480