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The Lion's Roar

The Official Student News Media of Southeastern Louisiana University

The Lion's Roar

With an eye on the crown, Miss Southeastern prepares for Miss Louisiana

Eva Saladino and Tamea Madison April 16, 2024

Crowned as Miss Southeastern 2024, Shelby Bordelon, the 64th titleholder, is preparing for the annual Miss Louisiana competition. Bordelon, a senior strategic communication major, will venture to Monroe...

Miss Southeastern 2023, Kobi Isabella Painiting showing her official sash.

A royal farewell from Miss Southeastern 2023

Samantha Sims, Campus Life Editor January 21, 2024

Miss Southeastern 2023, Kobi Isabella Painting, will pass on her crown to the 64th annual Miss Southeastern 2024 in the upcoming days.  Painting first competed on the Miss Southeastern stage in 2021...

(From left to right) Kiera Owens, Lily Gayle, Kobi Painting, Megan Magri and Kyndall Smith taking a minute to pose for a picture at Miss Louisiana's Welcome Dinner.

Miss LA recap: A memorable week for all

Samantha Sims, Staff Reporter July 20, 2023

From June 11 to June 18, five SLU students ventured to Monroe to compete in the 60th annual Miss Louisiana competition.  The five contestants from Southeastern included Miss Southeastern 2023 Kobi...

Miss Southeastern 2021 Lily Gayle placed in the Top Ten during the 2021 Miss Louisiana competition this past weekend in Monroe, La. Gayle, a senior communication major, received multiple scholarships as a semi-finalist.

Southeastern breaks the Top Ten at Miss Louisiana Competition 2021

Chloe Williams, Reporter June 22, 2021

On Saturday, June 19, Lily Gayle, Miss Green and Gold, was announced as a finalist in the Top Ten on the final night of the Miss Louisiana competition. Gayle is the first Southeastern representative...

Miss Southeastern 2020 Janine Hatcher crowns Lily Gayle, a senior communication major, at the Miss Southeastern Louisiana University scholarship competition on Jan. 22 at the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts.

Hatcher and Gayle to compete in Miss Louisiana Competition

Chloe Williams, Staff Reporter June 14, 2021

Janine Hatcher and Lily Gayle will be representing Southeastern as they go to compete in the Miss Louisiana competition from June 17-19.  Hatcher, Miss Southeastern 2020, and Gayle, Miss Southeastern...

Southeastern sends Lily Gayle off to the Miss Louisiana Competition

Southeastern sends Lily Gayle off to the Miss Louisiana Competition

Chloe Williams, Staff Reporter June 14, 2021

On Thursday June 10 at 4 p.m. friends, family and supporters gathered in the Tinsley Hall lounge to send off Lily Gayle to the Miss Louisiana competition in Monroe.  Many met up to wish Miss Southeastern...

In June 2018, Emily Randon, an alumna of the university, competed in Miss Louisiana for the fourth time. That year, she placed second. The following year she cometed for the fifth and final time, where she placed third. Now, Randon is competing in the Miss USA system and currently holds the Miss Laffayete USA title.

Randon changes pageant systems

Gabrielle Wood, Staff Reporter September 24, 2019

Emily Randon is a past Miss Southeastern and was apart of the Miss Louisiana Organization, competing for the title Miss Louisiana in 2017. Randon, a 2018 kinesiology graduate has had experience in the...

Chelsey Blank, a junior accounting major, is going to West Monroe to compete in the Miss Louisiana Pageant as Miss Southeastern Louisiana University. Blank has been preparing for the pageant since winning her title.

Miss Louisiana Preparation

Annie Goodman, Editor-in-Chief June 12, 2019

Once a year, some of the most beautiful and talented women across the state gather in West Monroe to compete for the title of Miss Louisiana. Since the 1970s, the university has sent a representative as...

Miss Southeastern Louisiana University Alyssa Larose won the $500 Non-Finalist scholarship.

Four women represent the university

Annie Goodman, News Editor July 23, 2018

At the 2018 Miss Louisiana Pageant, four women represented the university. Along with 2018 Miss Southeastern Louisiana University Alyssa Larose, two former Miss SLUs and a freshman at the university competed. Larose,...

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