{"id":5419,"date":"2015-04-02T17:27:58","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T17:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/?p=5419"},"modified":"2015-04-02T17:27:58","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T17:27:58","slug":"surprise-ending-announced-for-2015-miss-jsu-pageant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/2015\/04\/02\/surprise-ending-announced-for-2015-miss-jsu-pageant\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprise ending announced for 2015 Miss JSU Pageant"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Graphic by William Kelly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ashton Nash
\n<\/strong>Staff Writer<\/strong><\/p>\n

A surprise twist to this year\u2019s Miss Jackson State University pageant had students in an uproar on social media on Tuesday, March 31.<\/p>\n

Twitter posts expressing outrage over the outcome of the pageant flooded many social media sites including Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Snapchat.<\/p>\n

Anticipation of the Roaring 20\u2019s themed pageant, The Blue Gatsby, was high as seven candidates vied for the top three spots and the chance to make it to the ballot.<\/p>\n

All contestants where judged on five individual categories: Interview, On- Stage Questions, Tiger Pride, talent and evening wear. The ladies could receive a total of 300 points.<\/p>\n

At the end of the pageant, three young ladies where announced as the top three contestants moving out of the pageant. They were: Markeisha Robinson, Robin Jackson and Charance Higgins.<\/p>\n

The evening took an unexpected turn however, when the Election Commission comprised of 11 JSU students, discovered discrepancies with the tally sheets for the candidates. After much deliberation, the election commission reached a unanimous decision and determined that all candidates in the pageant would be allowed to run for Miss JSU.<\/p>\n

Candidates were informed of the decision in an emergency meeting later that evening.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter the pageant, it is the duty of the election commission to review all score sheets submitted by the judges. Upon doing so, we found that several judges had scored contestants more than one time per category. Then the official score sheet went missing and the election commission never received it so we decided to be fair and allow all seven girls the opportunity to run for the title of Miss JSU,\u201d said Guy King, Chair of the\u00a0 Election Commission.<\/p>\n

Many students across the campus were shocked at the news and an uproar on social media ensued.<\/p>\n

Some of the comments found on Twitter included:<\/p>\n

\u201cJackson State\u2019s SGA elections are crucial but not crucial enough to be this damn political. JSU is NOT the end all be all\u2026.well at least not in real life.\u00a0 Cheater\u2019s never win\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJSU had an Oprah moment\u2026 \u2018YOU GET TO RUN! YOU GET TO RUN! EVERYBODY GETS TO RUN!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s the point of all this s*%#. Just appoint who yall want. Don\u2019t do all the extras*%#.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI see JSU started April Fools early with the pageant.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many students on the campus are divided on what happened at the pageant.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pageant overall was nice. I\u2019m not exactly sure if I agree with how everything with the results turned out just because it\u2019s kind of taking away that honor from those who originally made it out of the pageant,\u201d said Stacie Hopkins, a senior psychology major from Chicago, Ill.<\/p>\n

Cherese Pendleton, a senior mass communications major from Hattiesburg, Miss. said, \u201cI think that what ever happened, it happened for a reason. It is extremely impossible for a candidate who was running to mess with the score sheets. I think who ever is over the election; their advisors should go over the score sheets to make sure that everything was fair.\u201d<\/p>\n

JSU students will head to the polls on April 10 to make their selections for the 2015-2016 Miss JSU and other SGA positions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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