24/06/2019
Posted: Mon 3:14 AM, Jun 24, 2019
JACKSONVILLE, NC (WITN) - A new Miss North Carolina has been crowned.
Alexandra Badgett won the Miss North Carolina competition this weekend.
She was representing the City of Jacksonville.
The city's Facebook page say Badgett is actually a resident of Denver, North Carolina in Lincoln County, but adopted the city to compete in the pageant. The city says she's appeared at several events in Jacksonville during her time as Miss Jacksonville.
Miss Greenville Jerenae Raeford placed in the top five.
The Miss America Organization is part of the largest scholarship organization for women in the world and is considered a launching pad for young women to further their academic and career goals.
https://www.witn.com/content/news/Miss-Jacksonville-crowned-new-Miss-North-Carolina-511717121.html