Darcy Guerrero has been crowned Miss TAMUK 2018, succeeding former pageant winner Elyssa Benavides and winning a scholarship of $2,000.<\/p>\n
The Miss TAMUK scholarship pageant took place Saturday, April 14, at Jones Auditorium debuting with the theme \u201cLost in the 50s.\u201d The pageant came after a day of personal interviews with the candidates, during which participants were expected to answer questions centered around the candidates\u2019 personalities, interests, and their knowledge of current events.<\/p>\n
Three judges discussed and graded the interviews, returning the next night to judge the main event. Vilma Gomez, a consultant at CEV multimedia, Jim Kunua, manager of Schlitterbahn Riverpark, and Melanie Fugate, operations manager for Heavin, Otto, and Levitt Insurance, acted as this year\u2019s judges, grading on a rubric supplied by the Office of Student Activities.<\/p>\n
Additional titles and scholarships were given to candidates during the night. The pageant runner-up, Brenda Riojas, received a $1,200 scholarship, while the third place spot, awarded to Samantha Brock, is granted a $750 scholarship.<\/p>\n
Guerrero not only walks away as the winner of the pageant having been granted a generous scholarship, but will also begin her duties as an ambassador for the university; in which she will take on responsibilities such as charity work and act as a campus speaker.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m ready to change lives, that is what I want to do,\u201d Guerrero stated as her first proclamation to the Texas A&M University\u2014Kingsville student body.<\/p>\n
Guerrero continued, \u201cMy plans are to create more spirit within the university. Personally, I see that we need more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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