Gabriella Tidwel | Henderson State University(https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/40/38/12388726/15.jpg)
Gabriella Tidwel | Henderson State University(https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/40/38/12388726/15.jpg)
From left: Felicity Frushour, Gabriella Tidwell, and Kayla Fite. View more photos.
Gabriella Tidwell, a freshman nursing major from Camden, was crowned 2023 Miss Henderson State University Feb. 5. Felicity Frushour, a sophomore pre-medical health sciences major from Texarkana, Texas, was named first runner-up. Kayla Fite, a biology major from Newport, was second runner-up.
Individual awards included:
Overall Talent: Gabriella Tidwell
Overall Red Carpet: Gabriella Tidwell
Haven Hughes Impact Award: Kayla Fite
People’s Choice: Alex Graham of Montgomery Texas
Miss Congeniality: Lanie Richter of Cabot and Perla Cervantes of De Queen
Overall Academic: Gabriella Tidwell
Community Service: Felicity Frushour
Spirit of Miss HSU: Lanie Richter
Special guests included Miss Arkansas 2022 Ebony Mitchell and Miss Arkansas’s Outstanding Teen 2022 Ka’Mya Tackett.
Tidwell was crowned by 2022 Miss HSU Dawn Coffman and Miss HSU’s Outstanding Teen 2022 Blaise Batson.
The Miss HSU Pageant, which was first held in 1960, is an official preliminary to Miss Arkansas, which is part of the Miss America Organization.
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