Miss OCU 2024, Oklahoma City University’s annual beauty pageant crowned a new winner last night in junior musical theatre major Anna Marie Wright. The competition featured 4 onstage sections as well as an interview prior. Competitors compete in an onstage question, health and fitness wear, talent, and an evening wear section. Nine women ranging from…
Miss OCU 2018 crowned on her birthday
A vocal performance/economics senior won the Miss OCU 2018 crown on her birthday, earning her full tuition for an academic year.
Miss Eliza Hare
In honor of the Miss OCU pageant, I found a list of questions that pageant contestants have been asked in competition. Here are Eliza’s answers.
Students compete in Miss OCU 2015
Veronica Wisniewski was crowned as Miss OCU 2015 on Saturday, Oct. 25.
Miss OCU 2014 crowned
Elizabeth Stolper was crowned Miss OCU 2014. Stolper, dance performance sophomore, competed in the Miss OCU pageant along with 12 other contestants. The pageant was Saturday in Kirkpatrick Auditorium in Kirkpatrick Fine Arts Center. In addition to the Miss OCU title, Stolper also tied for overall talent for her lyrical dance to “You Raise Me…
Miss OCU pageant provides scholarships, service opportunities
This year’s Miss OCU Pageant will take place at 7 p.m. Oct. 19 in the Kirkpatrick Auditorium in the Kirkpatrick Fine Arts Center.
Kelsey Griswold’s Homecoming
Senior acting major, current Miss Oklahoma, and second runner up in the Miss America completion, Kelsey Griswold, cuts the first slice of her “Welcome Home” cake for Oklahoma City Mayor, Mick Cornett, while State Senator, David Holt and President of the University, Robert Henry, look on during Griswold’s homecoming event Friday afternoon in the University Center.
Photo: James Murphy
Student returns home from Miss America competition
Kelsey Griswold, has returned to fulfill her duties as Miss Oklahoma.
OCU administration hosted a home coming party Friday for Griswold, after she was named second runner-up at the Miss America Competition on Sept. 15.
Students hosted a watch party and several students were in Atlantic City to watch Griswold during the competition.
“I will tell you that the second I was called second runner-up, I heard God and the Holy Spirit speak to me and say this would’ve been the way of the ultimate plan,” Griswold said. “It’s not that I wasn’t qualified for the job, Nina was meant to be Miss America.”
Columnist encourages students to speak out against recent racism
By Matt Patrick, Columnist On Sunday night, OCU’s own Kelsey Griswold, acting senior and Miss Oklahoma, came 2nd runner up at the Miss America pageant. Miss New York, Nina Davuluri, took home the crown that night as the first Indian-American to win the pageant. At OCU, the crowds cheered with certain sadness at the fact…
Columnist finds hope in Miss America
By Trey Witzel, Columnist Not a Sooner or a Cowboy, but a Star. There have been lots of reactions on campus to the Miss America 2013 pageant. Yet it seems almost all of campus was able to unite behind a fellow star, Kelsey Griswold. The title for this article came from what our Miss…
Miss America watch party in support of contestant
The Panhellenic community is hosting a Miss America Watch Party at 8 p.m. Sept. 15 in the Tom and Brenda McDaniel University Center.
OCU student prepares for Miss America competition
By Susannah Waite, Editor-in-Chief Kelsey Griswold, acting senior, will take the stage at the 2014 Miss America Competition representing the state as Miss Oklahoma. Griswold has been preparing for the competition since she was crowned Miss Oklahoma on June 9. “I’ve been mentally, physically and spiritually preparing,” Griswold said. “It’s a mental game and you…
