Richland represented in Miss Louisiana pageant

Richland Parish will be represented by two contestants in the 2017 Miss Louisiana Pageant this week.

The pageant will be held at 7:30 p.m. June 22–24 at the Monroe Civic Center.

Baylea Huffman of Delhi is a senior majoring in speech language pathology at ULM. She is a teacher at Miss Brandy’s School of Dance in Delhi. Huffman’s platform is “The Bucket Challenge,” which focuses on building the self-esteem of young children. She is currently serving as the reigning Miss Monroe.

Miss Louisiana Stockshow Allison Newton of Bastrop will also compete. Newton is studying music vocal performing and her talent is vocal at ULM and her platform is “Embracing the Neurodiverse.”

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