Anne Elizabeth Buys crowned Miss Mississippi
Published 11:46 am Monday, June 26, 2017
- Miss Vicksburg Anne Elizabeth Buys is crowned Miss Mississippi 2017 Saturday, June 24, 2017, during the Miss Mississippi Pageant at the Vicksburg Convention Center in Vicksburg, Miss. (Courtland Wells/The Vicksburg Post via AP)
VICKSBURG — The new Miss Mississippi says she and her family have helped raise money to help provide clean water to needy people.
Miss Vicksburg Anne Elizabeth Buys won the state contest Saturday in her hometown.
Buys receives a $10,000 scholarship and will compete in the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in September.
She was first runner-up in the 2016 Miss Mississippi pageant.