Ouachita Baptist University crowned Lauren English Miss OBU on March 13 in the Jones Performing Arts Center on Ouachita’s campus.
English is a sophomore mass communications and psychology double major from Hot Springs, Ark. She is the daughter of Dr. Tim and Cindy English of Hot Springs and the granddaughter of Jack and Olga English of Magnolia and Lee and Jane Little of Camden. She is a member of the EEE Women’s Social Club and the Ouachita Student Foundation, and participates as a mentor in the Big Sister program. English’s critical issue platform for the pageant was “Changing Children’s Lives: Promoting Partners for Arkansas Children’s Hospital.”
English was crowned by the outgoing Miss OBU, Nicole Daye. As Miss OBU, English was awarded a $1000 scholarship by the university, and will represent Ouachita at the Miss Arkansas pageant July 16-19 in Hot Springs, Ark.
The nine contestants were nominated by campus clubs and organizations. First runner-up was Jennifer Neely, a freshman music education major from Warren, Ark. Second runner-up was Melissa Collier, a freshman Christian studies major from Longview, Texas. Third runner-up was Audrey Anna Harrell, a junior communication sciences and disorders major from Russellville, Ark.
