RAYMOND – Abigail Walters, of Vicksburg, was named Miss °Ä¿Í²ÊƱÍø in the annual pageant Thursday, Nov. 17.
°Ä¿Í²ÊƱÍø President Dr. Clyde Muse and Miss °Ä¿Í²ÊƱÍø 2017 Abigail Walters, of Vicksburg. (°Ä¿Í²ÊƱÍø/April Garon)
As Miss °Ä¿Í²ÊƱÍø, 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.
From left, second runner-up Hope Ragan; Miss °Ä¿Í²ÊƱÍø 2017 Abigail Walters, both of Vicksburg; and first runner-up Bethanie Myers, of Walnut Grove. (°Ä¿Í²ÊƱÍø/April Garon)
Former Miss °Ä¿Í²ÊƱÍø 2016 Courtney Helom crowns Abigail Walters, of Vicksburg, as Miss Hinds 2017 during the year’s pageant Nov. 17. The pageant is an official preliminary pageant of the Miss America Pageant program. (°Ä¿Í²ÊƱÍø/April Garon)
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