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Alumna Cori Keller Wins Crown as Miss Arkansas 2023

06/11/2023

Photo of Cori Keller in pageant gown
Cori Keller (photo courtesy Miss Arkansas Pageant)

LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas State University congratulates alumna Cori Keller of Stuttgart, who was crowned Miss Arkansas during the annual pageant Saturday evening.

Keller, who earned her bachelor’s degree in exercise science and a master’s degree in mass communications at A-State, was competing as Miss Metro at the 85th Miss Arkansas Scholarship Pageant. While she was a student, she won the title of Miss Arkansas State University.

In addition to a $30,000 scholarship provided by the Ted and Shannon Boy Skokos Foundation, Keller received more than $75,000 in awards, wardrobe, transportation and gifts.

She will represent Arkansas at the Miss America competition and will make appearances across the Natural State promoting her personal platform, "Feeding the Future.”

More details are available through the Miss Arkansas Pageant.