Adebisi Adeniji Adele and Kieara D. Hooey will compete in the 2015 Miss Black & Gold Scholarship Pageant on February 14 in Dallas, Texas at the Texas Conference of Alpha Chapters' meeting.
Adebisi, Miss Black & Gold Eta Gamma and Hooey, Miss Black & Gold Epsilon Tau Lambda, won the titles in the pageant held in November 2104 at Prairie View A&M University and hosted by the members of the chapters.
Adebisi is a 21 year old junior
Mechanical Engineering student from Houston, Texas by way of Lagos, Nigeria.
She on the Dean’s List and Who’s Who Among Students and a member of the
National Society of Black Engineers, Golden Key International Honor Society and
the African Students Association. Adebisi aspires to become a professional
engineer. She admires Forest Whittaker and enjoys public speaking and debate.
In her spare time she volunteers and serves as a mentor for children with
disabilities, the Boys and Girls Club, advocates for AIDS eradication in
Africa and human trafficking. Her Platform is Reintroducing STEMM to high school students in lower
socio-economic areas. Adebisi won the talent competition with a gut-wrenching dramatic interpretation of a young women caught up in human trafficking.
Kieara D. Hooey, a 20 year old junior Political Science and Spanish major from Houston, Texas. She is on the Dean’s List with membership in the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, President of Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society and Delta Sigma Pi Spanish Honor Society, and the famed Classic Dance Ensemble. She volunteers as a tutor at the Julia C. Hester House after school program for elementary students in 5th Ward, mentor for Duryea Elementary. She aspires to become a Bilingual Attorney or an International Affairs Envoy. She admires Michael Jackson, Tupac Shakur, V. C. Andrew and Jessica Alba and enjoys Ballet, Modern and Jazz dancing, writing and reading fiction. Her Platform is Take PRIDE in your endeavors: Personal Responsibility In Delivering Excellence. She performed a spiritual and lyrical dance for her talent and won the Academic Achievement Award.
The members are counting on the ladies to continue winning tradition and bring back the crown to Prairie View A&M University. In the 2014 pageant Nadia Grier, Miss Eta Gamma Black & Gold won the district title and was named First Runner-up for the Regional Title, while Briana Clark, Miss Epsilon Tau Lambda Black & Gold was Second Runner-up.
For information on the pageant and programs, contact: missblackandgold2016@gmail.com.
Kieara D. Hooey, a 20 year old junior Political Science and Spanish major from Houston, Texas is the new Miss Black and Gold Scholarship Pageant.
Hooey, First Runner-up in the pageant held in November 2014, gained the title with the resignation of Aloria Prince who won the title.
Hooey is on the Dean’s List with membership in the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, President of Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society and Delta Sigma Pi Spanish Honor Society, and the famed Classic Dance Ensemble. She volunteers as a tutor at the Julia C. Hester House after school program for elementary students in 5th Ward, mentor for Duryea Elementary. She aspires to become a Bilingual Attorney or an International Affairs Envoy. She admires Michael Jackson, Tupac Shakur, V. C. Andrew and Jessica Alba and enjoys Ballet, Modern and Jazz dancing, writing and reading fiction. Her Platform is Take PRIDE in your endeavors: Personal Responsibility In Delivering Excellence. She performed a spiritual and lyrical dance for her talent and won the Academic Achievement Award.
Hooey will represent the Epsilon Tau Lambda Chapter in the Texas Conference of Alpha Chapters Miss Black & Gold Pageant in February in Carrolton, Texas.
Kieara D. Hooey, a 20 year old junior Political Science and Spanish major from Houston, Texas. She is on the Dean’s List with membership in the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, President of Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society and Delta Sigma Pi Spanish Honor Society, and the famed Classic Dance Ensemble. She volunteers as a tutor at the Julia C. Hester House after school program for elementary students in 5th Ward, mentor for Duryea Elementary. She aspires to become a Bilingual Attorney or an International Affairs Envoy. She admires Michael Jackson, Tupac Shakur, V. C. Andrew and Jessica Alba and enjoys Ballet, Modern and Jazz dancing, writing and reading fiction. Her Platform is Take PRIDE in your endeavors: Personal Responsibility In Delivering Excellence. She performed a spiritual and lyrical dance for her talent and won the Academic Achievement Award.