After being announced Miss Auburn at the SGA callouts Thursday night, Kristi MeGahee said she is ready to get the ball rollin'.
"It's been the most fun and rewarding week of my life, and I'm really excited," MeGahee said.
MeGahee, whose platform supports the Lakeshore Foundation for returning soldiers, said she is ready to start working on her platform as soon as possible.
"I'm so passionate about that," MeGahee said. "My twin sister just got back from Iraq. I just really think it's time that we realize it's our generation that's fighting in this war, and it's not just our grandparents that we think of as veterans."
MeGahee said she thinks it is time people her age start showing veterans and soldiers appreciation for everything they've done.
To begin working on her platform, MeGahee said she would like to start having benefit nights to raise money and spread awareness about the Lakeshore Foundation.
"I just want to start out doing small stuff to build up," MeGahee said, "and to kind of get publicity about what I would want to do with it."
MeGahee said she hopes to get more support and move on to bigger things.
One of MeGahee's supporters and campaigners, Katelin Dennis, junior in finance, said there was a lot of work that went into the campaign.
"We just went out on the Concourse every day, and we made like a hundred and something cookies and handed them out," Dennis said. "I escorted her to a couple of chapters and then last night to a restaurant."
Lauren Ketron, another candidate for Miss Auburn, said although she didn't win, she still wants to pursue her platform, and she supports MeGahee.
"Kristi was my tour partner during Camp War Eagle, so I love her," Ketron said.
Katie Parrish and Alisha Walker, two other candidates, said they are proud of MeGahee and support everything she is trying to do for her platform.
"I think that she'll do a good job," Walker said.
Alysha Kambeyanda, another candidate whose platform was fighting world hunger by coordinating a campus-wide laser tag tournament, said she still plans on supporting world hunger on campus.
"I plan on still having a laser tag tournament just to get more students, both Greek and non-Greek, from different backgrounds, more involved on campus," Kambeyanda said.
Kambeyanda said she chose laser tag as part of her platform because it had a variety of appealing traits.
"It's a universal activity," she said. "It's something that's simple, and something that's really fun."
As for MeGahee, she said she is ready to start working as Miss Auburn and fulfilling her philanthropy as soon as possible.
"I'm gonna sleep a little bit and celebrate and get the ball rollin' on things," MeGahee said.
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