Students crowded the steps in front of the Lyceum once again Thursday night for the announcement of the winners in the run-off election for the titles of Miss Ole Miss and Homecoming Queen.
With 54.93 percent of the vote, Acacia Santos became Miss Ole Miss. Santos is the first African-American non-Greek candidate to win the title.
“I am still completely in shock,” Santos said. “It hasn’t sunk in and I don’t think it will for a while. I feel completely honored and blessed and can’t thank everyone enough for turning out to vote because without them we wouldn’t be anything.”
MK Phillips became Homecoming Queen with 54.06 percent of the vote.
Phillips said being crowned Homecoming Queen is an unreal experience and that words cannot describe how grateful she is.
“Now that I’ve got the title, I want it to be more than just a crown and walking on the field and being called the Homecoming Queen,” Phillips said. “I don’t want to just be representative of the community, like I want to actually go out and represent what Ole Miss has done and what Ole Miss means to me.”
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- MK Phillips and her supporters react after her name was called in the run-off for Homecoming Queen. (Photo by Ariel Cobbert)
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- Acacia Santos and her supporters react after her name was called in the run-off for Ms. Ole Miss. (Photo by Marlee Crawford)
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- Acacia Santos and her supporters react after her name was called in the run-off for Ms. Ole Miss. (Photo by Marlee Crawford)
