ABRAHAM BALDWIN BEAUTY REVUE NOVEMBER 11

Contestants in the 36^th annual ABAC Beauty Revue are (seated, left to right) Crystal McGee, Cynthia Norris, Eve Copeland, Erica Paulk, Ashley May, Jessica Mendieta, Tarsa Andres, Amanda Kersey, Mary Grace Cary, (second row, left to right) Tina Saunders, Amber-Rae Wayment, Amanda Hayes, Nikki Thompson, Heather Thompson, Lauryn Perkins, Christy Scoggin, Laura Gutierrez, Brittany Perry, Stephanie Carney; (third row, left to right) Elizabeth Shirley, Palisa Harris, Catrina Kennedy, Pippa Mpunzwana, Anna Wiltshire, Josephine Riley, Christine Ann Bright, April Graves, Dana Murray; (back row, left to right) Jennifer Guzman Vidro, Sara McKellar, Jenny Mitchell, Melissa Cleary, Brooke Hampton, Ace Luke, Tammatha Graddic, Amanda Hewatt, Kathryn Rayl, and Anna Marie Barrett. Katie Murray is not pictured.

Ms. Abraham Baldwin 2004 will be crowned on Nov. 11 at the 36th annual ABAC Beauty Revue at Abraham Baldwin College. The Revue is sponsored by the ABAC Ambassadors.

The event will feature 39 contestants who will compete in casual wear and evening gowns. They will also be judged on a written essay and an interview with the judges. The Revue begins at 7:30 p.m. in ABAC’s Donaldson Dining Hall. Admission is $3.

Students competing in this year’s event include Tarsa Andres, an ornamental production major from Grovetown; Anna Marie Barrett, an English major from Richland; Christine Ann Bright, a forensic psychology major from Brooklyn, N.Y.; Stephanie Carney, a business major from Rome; Mary Grace Cary, a journalism major from Sylvester; Melissa Cleary, an agriculture major from Tifton; Eve Copeland, a political science major from Tifton; Tammatha K. Graddic, an early childhood education major from Ashburn; April Nicole Graves, a wildlife management major from Rabun Gap; Laura Gutierrez, a business administration major from Fort Valley; Brooke Hampton, an animal science major from Covington; Palisa Suetran Harris, a foreign language major from Moultrie; Amanda Gail Hayes, a speech communications major from Nashville; Mary Amanda Hewatt, a veterinary science major from Fitzgerald; and Catrina Kennedy, an agriculture major from Claxton.

Other contestants include Amanda Leigh Kersey, an international business/business administration major from Tifton; Ace Luke, an undeclared major from Tifton; Ashley Denise May, a liberal arts major from Tifton; Crystal McGee, a criminal justice major from Trenton; Sara McKellar, an early childhood education major from Moultrie; Jessica Mendieta, an early childhood education major from Omega; Jenny Mitchell, a political science major from Toccoa; Pippa R. Mpunzwana, a fashion merchandising major from Zimbabwe; Dana M. Murray, a nursing major from Conyers; Katie Murray, an agricultural education major from Moultrie; Cynthia Marrie Norris, a communications major from Rising Fawn; Erica M. Paulk, a middle grades education major from Sycamore; Lauryn Diana Perkins, an animal science major from Sylvania; Brittany Perry, a pre-pharmacy major from Tifton; Kathryn G. Rayl, an accounting major from Fitzgerald; Josephine Vivian Riley, a journalism major from Austell; and Tina Saunders, a forest technology major from Marietta.

Other students competing for the title of Ms. ABAC include Christy Scoggin, a music therapy/performance major from Thomasville; Elizabeth Shirley, a secondary education--mathematics major from Blackshear; Nikki Thompson, a family and consumer sciences major from Macon; Heather L. Thompson, a business major from Marietta; Jennifer Guzman Vidro, a fashion merchandising major from Tifton; Amber-Rae Wayment, a livestock health major from Lafayette; and Anna Wiltshire, an agriculture education major from Athens.

Margaret Brogdon, ABAC's Director of Procurement, will direct the pageant, and Pam Leonard, Administrative Assistant in the Public Relations Office, will serve as producer.

Musical entertainment will be provided by the ABAC Jazz Band, under the direction of Don Coates, and the Jazz Choir, under the direction of Wayne Jones. ABAC Director of Public Relations Mike Chason will serve as master of ceremonies. Ms. Abraham Baldwin 2003, Allison Day, will crown the new Ms. ABAC.

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