Miss Black Arkansas USA 2008

Based on her academic background, talents, and achievements, Dorcas Nichole Kennebrew was recently selected as Miss Black Arkansas USA 2008.Kennebrew is a 2000 year graduate of Little Rock Arts and Science Magnet High School. Currently a master’s level student at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi, Kennebrew is studying in the field of mass communications with a specialization in public and community relations. She holds a bachelors degree in Speech Communications from the same university.Kennebrew will represent Arkansas in the 2008 Miss Black USA pageant that will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada in June 2008. Kennebrew has chosen the platform: Let’s S.T.A. N.D. against the Diabetes Stats: Simply Taking A New Direction for Healthy Communities.The Miss Black USA Pageant and Scholarship Foundation, Inc. develops and promotes national leadership among women in the African American community. The annual competition provides scholarship opportunities that allow state delegates to pursue and achieve their educational, career, and personal goals. The organization develops women who are strong, empowered, and educated and who serve as positive role models to other women of color. It is the mission of the Miss Black U.S.A. Pageant to maintain a tradition of recognizing the achievements of outstanding young women of color and to celebrate the "whole woman - mind, body, and spirit." this layout is from whateverlife.com!