Courtney Helom, of Jackson, was named Hinds Community College 2016 in the annual pageant Feb. 3.
As Miss Hinds Community College, Helom will participate this summer in the Miss Mississippi pageant.
Miss Hinds Community College 2015 Maggie Shoultz crowns Courtney Helom, of Jackson, as Miss Hinds Community College 2016 as Hinds President Dr. Clyde Muse looks on during this year’s pageant Feb. 3. Helom is a sophomore at the Raymond Campus studying biology. Her platform is “Girl Scouts of America: beYoutiful”. The pageant is an official preliminary pageant of the Miss America Pageant program. (April Garon/Hinds Community College)
Helom, 20, is a Raymond Campus sophomore majoring in biology. She attended St. Joseph Catholic School and is a cheerleader and a member of Hinds Connection. Her talent was a monologue titled “Emmitt Till,” in which she took on the character of Till’s mother, and her platform is “Girl Scouts of America: beYOUtiful.”
First runner-up was Abigail Walters, 19, of Vicksburg, a Raymond Campus sophomore majoring in nursing. Second runner-up was Mary Neely Meyers, 19, of Madison, a Raymond Campus freshman majoring in business and marketing.
From left, second runner-up Mary Neely Myers, of Madison; Miss Hinds Community College 2016 Courtney Helom, of Jackson; first runner-up Abigail Walters, of Vicksburg. (April Garon/Hinds Community College)