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2017 Miss Teenage Tampa Scholarship Pageant
On Sunday, April 23, 2017, at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Gamma Theta Omega Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incor- porated® held its annual Miss Teenage Tampa Scholar- ship Pageant. This is a signa- ture fundraising event for the Chapter and a sold-out crowd witnessed the pageantry of the theme -“We Will Rise Up: Eloquent Pearls for the Voice- less.”
Ms. ErrDaisha Floyd, was crowned 2017 Miss Teenage Tampa. She also won the Teen Scholar award.
Her motto is, “When they go low, you must go high.” She is a junior in the Interna-
JaDoni Smith, Cierra Celerin, Talia Sharrieff, Alexis Wheatley (4th Runner Up), Jada Kennedy (2nd Runner Up), ErrDaisha Floyd (2017 Miss MTAT Queen), Amiya Sloan (1st Runner Up), Kayla Blaine (3rd Runner Up), Kayla Kennedy and Marcayla Jacobs
tional Baccalaureate Program at Hillsborough High School. She is a member of the Speech & Debate Club, the National Honor Society and the Stu- dent Council. ErrDaisha serves on the Mayor’s Youth Leadership Council. She as- pires to be United States at- torney. Her parents are Ms. LaKeshia Slaughter and the late Mr. Earl Floyd.
Other MTAT contestants were: Amiya Sloan, Lennard High School (1st Runner Up); Jada Kennedy, Sickles High School (2nd Runner Up); Kayla Blaine, Brooks De- Bartolo Collegiate High School (3rd Runner Up); Alexis Wheatley, Tampa Bay Tech High School (4th Runner Up); Cierra Celerin, Tampa Bay Tech High School; Marcayla Ja- cobs, Armwood High School; Kayla Kennedy, Sickles High School; Talia Sharri- eff, Academy of Holy Names; and JaDoni Smith, Sickles High School.
While each contestant will walk away from the 2017 pag- eant experience with very fond memories and new friends each contestant earned a minimum $1,000 scholarship award.
Commentators for the evening were WFLA News- caster, Rod Carter and Channel 28 show host, Ms. Laura Harris.
Ross Anderson, Ms. Sonya C. Little and Ms. Fentrice D. Driskell were the judges and scored the con- testants. Ms. Tracey Butler and Ms. Tina Edmonds were the tabulators. Mr. Charles Holloman, II was the timekeeper.
Zachary Lamar Carter, Bryce Moragne, Samuel Andrew Smith, Jacobi Speights, and Dexter Stall- worth served as escorts.
Ms. Shannon Legrand
paid tribute to the contestants with her rendition of Andra Day’s song, “Rise Up.” Ms. Legrand is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha.
Other entertainment for the evening included the Gamma Theta Omega Chap- ter Chorus, the Exciting Cen- tral Tampa Baptist Church Worship Band and Kandance Studios.
The 2017 MTAT Scholar- ship Pageant’s General Chair- man was Mrs. Tangela D. Dupree. Mrs. Dupree is also the 2nd Vice President of Gamma Theta Omega Chap- ter. The General Co-Chair- men were: Mrs. Carla White Sunday and Mrs. Monica Williams Harris. Ms. Deborah King Barnes is president of Gamma Theta Omega Chapter.
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