For the first time, Miss Hampton University is non-black. Hampton University, a historically black college university in Virginia, broke school tradition by electing the first non-black Miss Hampton University in its141-year history, according to the Daily Press
The Miss Hampton University for the 2009-2010 school year is Nikole Churchill, 22, a senior nursing major. Churchhill reportedly competed against 15 fellow students for the crown, as well as a $1,500 scholarship, the title of homecoming queen at the Hampton University, and processes to the 2010 Miss Virginia pageant.
The significance of the Miss Virginia pageant is that the winner then participates in the Miss America pageant. Along with two judges from the Virginia competition, Miss Hampton University was judged by a school counselor, a music professor, and a vice president from a local bank.
Jon Graef, College News
