糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock students win scholarships in Miss Arkansas Pageant preliminaries
Brooke Cornelius, Miss Greater Little Rock, is an advocate for anti-bullying. She poses on the Junction Bridge with her 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock gear showing her school spirit. Photographed on Feb. 7, 2017 by Lonnie Timmons III/糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Communications
The two University of Arkansas at Little Rock students who are competing in the Miss Arkansas Pageant have both won scholarships for their fundraising efforts on behalf of the Children鈥檚 Miracle Network.聽
Miss Greater Little Rock Brooke Cornelius and Miss Grand Prairie Taylor Jaggers received $500 scholarships from the Miss America Foundation for being two of the top five fundraisers for the Children鈥檚 Miracle Network, according to a from the Miss Arkansas Pageant.
Cornelius received second place in the Children鈥檚 Miracle Network Miracle Maker Finalists, while Jaggers received fifth place.
Children鈥檚 Miracle Network is the official national platform for both the Miss America and Miss America鈥檚 Outstanding Teen pageants. Since 2007, contestants on a local, state, and, national level have raised funds for the more than 170 children鈥檚 hospital that make up the Children鈥檚 Miracle Network.
Arkansas Children鈥檚 Hospital serves as the state鈥檚 Children鈥檚 Miracle Network hospital. In May, the Miss Arkansas contestants toured the Little Rock hospital to see how the money raised is used to help children. Altogether, the 44 Miss Arkansas contestants raised over $34,000 this year.
Cornelius, 23, of Hope, is a student at the William H. Bowen School of Law. She has held several pageant titles, including Miss Central Arkansas, Miss Henderson State University, and Miss South Central Arkansas. Her platform is 鈥淧rotect Our Youth: Bullying is Not Ok!鈥�. Her talent is a tap dance performance to the song, 鈥淪andstorm.鈥�
Miss Grand Prairie Taylor Jaggers. Photo courtesy of Miss Arkansas Scholarship Pageant, Inc.
Jaggers is a 20-year-old student from Rison. Her platform is 鈥淎 Chance to Dance: Working to Achieve a Sound Body and Mind.鈥� Her talent is a jazz dance performance to the song, 鈥淏ig Spender.鈥�
This year鈥檚 Miss Arkansas Pageant celebrates the 80th year of the pageant. Forty-four contestants from around the state are competing for more than $167,000 in scholarship funds.
The crowning for Miss Arkansas 2017 is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 17, at the Ron Robinson Center in Little Rock. Reigning Miss America Savvy Shields will be on hand to help crown the winner. The competition can be watched at .
