NEWS RELEASE

Contact: Leah Jackson (jacksonl@nsula.edu )
News Bureau
Northwestern State University
Natchitoches, LA 71497
(318) 357-6466

2/14/2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NATCHITOCHES ­Courtney LaCaze of Leesville was crowned Miss Northwestern-Lady of the Bracelet during the 46th annual scholarship pageant at Northwestern State University.

LaCaze, a broadcast journalism major, will receive more than $5,000 in scholarships and prizes and will represent Northwestern at this summer's Miss Louisiana pageant. Her pageant platform is "Project LEAD (Louisiana Education on Alcohol and Drugs)." LaCaze also won the swimsuit and evening gown competitions.

Runners-up were Devin Allen of Benton, first runner-up; Crystal Whitman of Shreveport, second runner-up; Victoria Smith of Arlington, Texas, third runner-up, and Andrea Pang of Baton Rouge, fourth runner-up. Allen also won the talent competition and the Liz Carroll People's Choice Award.

The pageant is sponsored annually by the NSU Student Activities Board and the Office of Student Activities and Organizations in conjunction with the School of Creative and Performing Arts.

Entertainment during the pageant was provided by the NSU Men's Chorus, conducted by Michael Rorex; the University Jazz Orchestra, directed by Galindo Rodriguez; the Demon Dazzlers and the LOB Dancers. Production choreography was by Abraham Anthony, Susan Hussey and Pia Wyatt.

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