NATCHITOCHES – Nilah Pollard of Shreveport was named the 68th annual Miss Northwestern – Lady of the Bracelet Thursday. The event is a preliminary to the Miss Louisiana Scholarship Contest.
Lauren Vernon of Arcadia was the first runner up and Madison Book of Pineville was the second runner up. Vernon won the talent competition and the Liz Carroll People’s Choice Award. Book won the Carley McCord Miss Congeniality Award.
Pollard is the daughter of Craig and Alyea Pollard and is a senior social work major. She is Speaker of the Senate for the Student Government Association and secretary of the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC). Pollard is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, the Baptist Collegiate Ministry and serves as a resident mentor for the Elevate-U Program.
She is also active in the Purple Jacket Honor Society, Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society, Demon Volunteers in Progress, La Belle Femme and the NAACP. A former member of the 2024–2025 Freshman Connection team and alumna of the President’s Leadership Program (PLP), Pollard serves as a PLP mentor. She is the 2025 Miss NSU.