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    Date: 3/20/01
      Contact:                           Christina Chapple  94

SEVEN VIE FOR MISS SOUTHEASTERN CROWN
     HAMMOND -- Erin Colleen Lyons, Miss Southeastern 2000, will crown her
successor, one of seven contestants in the annual Southeastern Louisiana University pageant,
scheduled for 7 p.m., March 22, at Pottle Music Building Auditorium.
     Held at Southeastern since 1949, the pageant has been a Miss America preliminary since
1962. The pageant is sponsored by the Campus Activities Board. 
     Admission is $5 for the general public and free to Southeastern students.
     The theme of the 2000 pageant, sponsored by the Campus Activities Board, is
"Southeastern's Angels," said pageant director Jackie Dale Thomas, director of Student
Development and Leadership Programming. Singer Charlotte Bennett, a 1984 Southeastern
graduate and former Alumni Association director, will emcee the pageant and will join with the
Lionettes dance team in providing entertainment.
     Lyons, the daughter of Murray and Jan Hebert of Baton Rouge, will graduate in May with
a degree in marketing. 
     Contestants for the 2001 crown are sophomore accounting major Lamona Elmore of
Baton Rouge; junior marketing major Monique Marie Larr‚ of Metairie; junior psychology
major
Heather Nicole McLain of Husser; senior elementary education major Jessica Marie Young of
Franklinton; freshman psychology major Shannon Marie Brewer of LaPlace; freshman family
and consumer science major Annie Elizabeth Coats of Springfield; and sophomore health
promotion and exercise science major Lauren Lennette Stogner of Violet.
     The contestants will compete in congeniality, swimsuit, evening wear, interview and
talent categories. Miss Southeastern 2001 will advance to the Miss Louisiana pageant in Monroe
on June 16.
     For additional information, call 985-549-2233.

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