Anna-Katherine Thompson, a junior communication major from Ruston, was crowned Miss Mississippi State University on Sunday in Starkville, Mississippi. The competition is a preliminary pageant for Miss Mississippi and Miss America. In addition to Thompson (second from left), Sunday’s winners included (from left), Lydia Bishop, a senior marketing major, first alternate; Karalee “Kari” Simmons, a junior animal and dairy science/pre-veterinary science major, third alternate; and Camille Green, a senior wildlife, fisheries and aquaculture major, second alternate.
