The 2016 Miss Homecoming Callouts for the Top 20 were held on Tuesday, Aug. 30 at 9 p.m. on Cater Lawn after every nominee was interviewed earlier in the day.
Lucy Anne Link, SGA executive director of elections, announced the candidates and informed them they'd be interviewed tomorrow before the Top 5 in chosen later in the evening.
The 2016 Miss Homecoming Top 20 are as follows:
Christian Lloyd
McKenzie Davis
Kelsey Guyan
Kaytlan Casares
Layton Dyess
Samantha Bradley
Joy Funderburk
Audrey Walding
Maggie Smith
Kate Hardman
Jasmine Reed
Maddie Gathings
Mizna Kanafani
Victoria Starks
Julia Alton Tubbs
Kylie Guckian
Avery Evans
Ellen Ormond
Leah Bostany
Katie Bobo
Link said Miss Homecoming callouts are exciting because of the potential opportunities available to the nominees.
"I think Miss Homecoming is super fun because Miss Homecoming is a great opportunity for an Auburn woman to help bring our community and our student body together during homecoming in a fun way to get behind a passion and a platform for this University," Link said.
Link said the amount of nominations increased from last year.
"We had nominations out for about two weeks once school started and we had over 50 women be nominated which is really exciting," Link said. "That's an increase from the past, so we're super excited about that."
The process of narrowing down candidates happens within a short time period, Link said.
"Then we had interviews today for all of those women who were nominated," Link said. "Every person gets an interview and then tonight we selected the Top 20 and all 20 of them will interview tomorrow and we'll announce the Top 5 tomorrow night - those are the five that will campaign during the week."
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