Miss OBU Lauren English named runner-up to Miss Arkansas
September 08, 2008 - Adam Wheat
Lauren English, a junior mass communications major from Hot Springs and Miss Ouachita
Baptist University 2008, was named first runner-up at the Miss Arkansas pageant.
English was introduced to the pageant world toward the end of her high school career.
“I was a huge jock all throughout junior high and high school,” English recalled.
“A friend of mine dared me to enter my high school pageant, Miss Lakeside, during
my junior year of high school because I loved to sing.”
Since winning that pageant, English has competed in the Miss Arkansas pageant the
past two years and was named to the Top 10 both times.
“It was so exciting to be named into the Top 5 this year,” English said. “Once the
Top 5 were announced, we had a casual question/answer time with the emcees, and then
the naming of the awards began. As they announced the 4th, 3rd and 2nd runners-up,
I stood facing my roommate at Miss Arkansas for the past two years, Ashlen Batson.
We had become close friends during our experiences at Miss Arkansas. As they started
to announce the winner, I was completely satisfied with knowing that I had done my
best. It was so neat to get to share that moment as the last two standing with my
friend.”
Justin Harper, a co-director of the Miss OBU pageant, has attended the Miss Arkansas
pageant three years.
English “worked so hard, and I was so excited that she had made it that far,” Harper
said. “Of course, I would have loved for her to win. … I think that Lauren stands
for what Ouachita stands for. She has a vision to make the world around her the best
it can be. She upholds her integrity, and she is someone that we as Ouachita students,
faculty and staff can and should aspire to be like.”
As first runner-up, English represented Arkansas and Ouachita at the recent Miss National
Sweetheart Pageant in Hoopeston, Ill. She said she is also looking forward to continuing
to represent Ouachita as Miss OBU during the coming months.
by Adam Wheat
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