Miss UCA pageant to take place Friday

The Miss UCA Scholarship Pageant will take place this Friday, Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Donald W. Reynolds Performance Hall on the UCA campus.

Sarah Slocum, Miss UCA 2008, will perform as well as co-host the pageant with Doug Patchell.

The winner will receive a one-year tuition and fees scholarship and prizes worth over $13,000. Scholarships totaling $2,500 will be given to other winners during the pageant. The contestants for Miss University of Central Arkansas 2009 are:

Leslie Bagwell, Sarah Barnett, Kelsey Crain, Megan Daniels, Melissa Davis, Amber Gross, Alicia Haflich, Erin Kay, Jessica Marie Norris, and Tiffany Sanders.

Tickets are $8 for UCA students, staff and faculty with a UCA ID, and $10 for the public. Seating is general admission and tickets may be purchased in advance Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and November 14 from 6-8 p.m. at the box office or online at http://www.uca.edu/tickets.

The winner of the 2009 Miss University of Central Arkansas Scholarship Pageant will compete for the title of Miss Arkansas in July 2009.