Wildlife Fisheries and Aquaculture major Karolina Heathcock crowned Miss Mississippi State University

Wildlife Fisheries and Aquaculture major Karolina Heathcock crowned Miss Mississippi State University

three young women in ballgowns
Photo by Emily Grace McCall

The Miss Mississippi State University pageant crowned its winner Thursday night [Sept. 18]. Miss MSU receives a full-tuition scholarship, with the first, second and third runners up receiving $750, $500 and $250 respectively. Pictured from left, first runner up Anna Kate Ratcliffe, political science junior, Gulfport; Miss MSU Karolina Heathcock, wildlife, fisheries and aquaculture senior, Waynesboro; third runner up Jaycee Drew Janzen, master of business administration graduate student, Boonville; and second runner up Mariah Smith, biomedical engineering freshman, Mobile, Alabama. (Photo by Emily Grace McCall)