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Feb. 12, 2008
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Crumbley crowned Miss W 2008

COLUMBUS, Miss.- Excitement filled the air Saturday night as Amanda Crumbley of Caledonia was crowned of Miss W 2008. She will now go on to represent Mississippi University for Women in the Miss Mississippi pageant in Vicksburg on June 28.
 

As Miss W 2008, Crumbley, a sophomore pre-nursing major, received an $800 scholarship and a $500 wardrobe scholarship. Crumbley's platform was the importance of extracurricular activities, and her talent was a flag routine performed to the Jerry Lee Lewis song “Great Balls of Fire.”

Along with the title of Miss W, Crumbley won the Martha Jo Mims Exceptional Interview Award. The award is given to the contestant who scores the highest during her personal interview with the judges.

Ashton Dillard was named first runner-up and received a $500 scholarship.
Dillard, a junior speech pathology major from Saltillo, sang the song “Tell Me on a Sunday” from the Broadway musical Song and Dance for her talent. Her platform was autism awareness.

Madelyn Lewis, a sophomore culinary arts major from Natchez won the Miss Congeniality Award. The award is voted on solely by pageant contestants. Lewis' platform was Operation Ukraine, and her talent was a ballet and hip-hop dance routine.

Miss W 2007 Carrie Pennington assisted with the on-stage interviews and crowned the winner. Jasmine Murray, Miss Mississippi's Outstanding Teen 2007, and Sarah Frances Weatherby, Lowndes County Outstanding Teen 2006, performed as special entertainment for the evening. Rachel Delk, Most Outstanding Student in Music at MUW, also provided entertainment.