Miss White River Camille Cathey won the title of Miss Arkansas 2024 Saturday night at the 86th Miss Arkansas Scholarship Pageant.
The pageant occurred at the Robinson Center in Little Rock before a sold-out crowd.
Cathey won a $30,000 scholarship from the Ted and Shannon Boy Skokos Foundation and over $75,000 in awards, wardrobe, transportation, and gifts. She will represent Arkansas at the Miss America competition and make appearances across the Natural State, promoting her personal platform of “Proudly Volunteer,” the American Heart Association, and speaking in support of the goals of the Miss Arkansas and Miss America system.
Cathey was crowned by the outgoing Miss Arkansas, Cori Keller, of Stuttgart. Keller was a Top 11 Finalist at Miss America.
Over $205,000 in scholarships were awarded to various miss contestants throughout the week.
Cathey is the 22-year-old daughter of Dr. Jake and Crystal Cathey of Wynne. She is a 2024 graduate of the University of Alabama with a degree in Communications Studies and a first-year law student at the University of Arkansas School of Law. For her talent, she performed a vocal for “If I Had My Way.” She was also Miss Arkansas’ Teen 2018.
The new Miss Arkansas also won the following awards during the week:
*Dr. Darynne Dahlem Preliminary On-Stage Interview
*Preliminary Evening Gown
*Preliminary Talent
*Overall Arrival
*Claudia Raffo Enhance Arkansas
*All Grown Up Award
*Ashlen Batson Espirit De Corp
*Ebony Mitchell “Grace, Impact & Resilience”
*Bill Tarkington Overall Evening Gown
*Overall On-Stage Interview
*Sarah Slocum Overall Private Interview
She takes home $46,150 in scholarships from all the awards she won this week.
The other Top Five Finalists were:
*1st Runner Up (receiving a $15,000 scholarship sponsored by Dr. Rhys Branman, Cosmetic Surgery Center, Exhale Med Spa): UCA Kennedy Holland
*2nd runner-up (receiving a $12,000 scholarship sponsored by the Jones & Son Diamond and Bridal Fine Jewelry and the Miss Arkansas Scholarship Foundation): South Arkansas Stevie St. John
*3rd runner-up (receiving a $10,000 scholarship sponsored by Oaklawn and CDCM Foundation, Susie and Charles Morgan): Western Arkansas Sydney Wendfeldt
*4th runner-up: (receiving an $8,000 scholarship sponsored by Houseworth Hotels): Dogwood Bella Bauer
Additional information on all contestants can be found at missarkansas.org.
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