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                                                       Southeastern Louisiana University
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    Date: 6/20/01
      Contact:                           Christina Chapple   94

MISS SLU WINS MISS LOUISIANA SWIMSUIT AWARD
     HAMMOND -- Miss Southeastern Louisiana University Jessica Marie Young won the
non-finalist swimsuit award and a monetary scholarship at the Miss Louisiana pageant in Monroe
on June 16.
     Young, a music education major from Franklinton, participated in four categories
including swimsuit, evening wear, personal interview and talent. She is the daughter of Beverly
Young and David and Teresa Young. 
     Both the Miss Southeastern Pageant and the Miss Louisiana Pageant are preliminaries to
the Miss America Pageant.  The Miss America system is the largest provider of scholarship
monies in the world for young women. 
     Other Southeastern students participating in the Miss Louisiana Pageant were Lindsey
Dykes, Miss Greater Baton Rouge, and Amanda Guitreau, Miss DeSoto Parish.
                             -SLU-
Press release available online at www.selu.edu/NewsEvents/PublicInfoOffice/newsm01.htm