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Miss Liberal crowned
by Nikia Kleiner
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At the Miss Liberal Scholarship
Pagent on Feb. 9 Gretchen Bourell, a student at Washburn University
in Topeka, was crowned. Bourell is an alumni of Seward County Community
College. Bourell also competed in the 2000 Miss Liberal Pagent, where
she was crowned second runner-up, along with winning both physical
fitnesss and evening wear competitions. In 2002 Bourell again walked
away with the evening gown award.
Third runner-up was Anathea Leigh Kelly a student at Northwestern
Oklahoma State University. Second runner-up was Stephanie Rinehart
a senior at Liberal High School and concurrent student at SCCC. First
runner-up was Rachel Tibbetts a junior at Kansas State University.
Tibbetts also recieved awards for the interview and physical fitness
competitions. Bourell took the Miss Liberal title.
Four concurrent SCCC students competed in the pagent. Rhinehart, Tiffani
Holterman, Paige Tibbetts and Katy Scott. Full time students at SCCC,
Jessica Baca and Christina Miller also vied for the Miss Liberal title.
Baca is majoring in nursing. Her platform was Sudden Infant
Death Syndrome. She performed There You Are as a
vocal solo for her talent.
Miller is majoring in psychology. Her platform was on Depression.
She performed a dance routine to All or Nothing from the
movie Save the Last Dance. Both Baca and Miller recieved
$400 scholarships from SCCC, along with $300 for participating.
The Miss Liberal Pageant is one of the largest scholarship programs
in the state of Kansas.
Bourell will compete in the Miss Kansas Pageant in Pratt, June 6,7
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