The five candidates have been announced for SGA’s Miss Auburn 2026.
These women, along with the other top major SGA candidates, will have the opportunity to debate and answer questions from the student body on Tuesday, Feb. 3 at 5 p.m. in the Harold D. Melton Student Center that will be livestreamed by Eagle Eye TV. Starting Wednesday, the candidates will campaign on Haley Concourse from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. until the election on Friday, Feb. 6. Voting that day will be open to all students from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. at aub.ie/sgavote.
Meet your candidates:
Camilla Loard, “All Aboard with Loard”
Contributed by Camilla Loard.
Camilla Loard is a junior majoring in event management with a minor in business. Devoted to informing and instructing her fellow peers, Loard has served as SGA’s at-large senator on the senate executive team and previously on the Freshman Forum. Outside of SGA, she is the social sorority vice president of learning and development, a member of the College of Human Sciences executive team and a Student Alumni Ambassador.
Loard’s campaign is “All Aboard with Loard” in which she strives to equip each Auburn student with the necessary skills and connections in order to succeed in their educational pursuits. Using the metaphor of a train, Loard illustrates the hardships and personal growth an individual experiences along a railway route that mirrors a student’s path at Auburn.
“As a train carries passengers along a journey, Auburn guides students through experiences that shape their growth, confidence and understanding of who they are,” Loard said. “Growth at Auburn extends beyond academics by fostering personal development, mentorship and a true sense of belonging.”
Loard builds these crucial connections by introducing transfer students, freshmen and international students to upperclassmen mentors and campus organizations to support them and foster an environment where they can grow and feel at home. Loard emphasizes her desire as Miss Auburn to mold a stronger community that extends from parents to students to faculty to alumni, all of which give students the tools they need to experience everything Auburn has to offer.
“I want families to feel confident that when they choose Auburn, they are joining an incomparable community built on mentorship, inclusion and shared success,” Loard said.
Virginia Anne Holmes, “Hand in Hand with Virginia Anne”
Virginia Anne Holmes is a second generation Auburn student in her junior year studying speech, language and hearing sciences. Holmes' extracurriculars demonstrate her dedication to cultivating new relationships, including holding the position of Alpha Delta Pi’s vice president of new member experience, as well as being a War Eagle Girl and serving as a Wings peer mentor in the EAGLES program.
Holmes’ platform, “Hand in Hand with Virginia Anne,” is committed to highlighting the different places on Auburn campus where new and bright-eyed freshmen or students can make meaningful connections and find their place here, and in future chapters of their life.
“I think it is important to know the extent of what family truly means and just how impactful these resources can be in our times succeeding graduation,” Holmes said.
Although she was raised by Auburn graduates and has felt a part of the Auburn family since she was a child, her love and appreciation for the University and all that its community has to offer has deepened since she became a student. As Miss Auburn, Holmes promises to “emphasize the importance of connection found within the Auburn family” by initiating new opportunities for students to discover and explore a wide variety of organizations, clubs and societies across campus.
“I remember what it was like walking through my first year at Auburn, feeling lonely, searching for my place on this big campus and longing for community,” Holmes said. “My goal is to bring the Auburn family together, deepening the amazing relationships already shared on this great campus, and encouraging my fellow students to walk hand in hand with one another to find connection and community within the Auburn family.”
Riley Johnson, “Journey with Johnson”
Contributed by Riley Johnson.
Riley Johnson, now a junior studying elementary education, grew up understanding the blessings that the community Auburn has to offer through her alumnus father who has since passed away. Johnson has been eager to contribute to the institution, choosing to become a War Eagle Girls and Plainsmen writer, as well as serving as SGA’s director of opportunities and AEO. In addition, she works as a front desk attendant for Brown Kopel Engineering, a recruitment counselor for Auburn Panhellenic and volunteers for worship and in the kitchen for the Pine Cove Christian Camp.
Johnson aims to inspire each and every student to serve others by leading with kindness, a sense of purpose and integrity in their everyday life. Her platform “Journey with Johnson” reflects her “glass is half full” mentality, reminding others to see the bright side and live in gratitude.
“Inspired by my dad’s legacy of compassion, mentorship and genuine care, I encourage everyone to invest in others as we have been invested in by those who came before us,” Johnson said. “I believe true leadership begins with service: empowering organizations to care for their members, equipping current students to reach their goals and guiding younger students to walk confidently in who they are and why they are here.”
If elected as Miss Auburn, Johnson hopes to share her experiences and demonstrate her deep commitment to Auburn by representing the student body with honesty and an open heart. Johnson is driven by the idea that in the face of life’s challenges, people have the choice to persevere, and believes that the struggles she herself has faced has equipped her to serve with love.
Eliza Sundberg, “Save a Seat with Sundberg”
Contributed by Eliza Sundberg.
Also a legacy student, Eliza Sundberg is a junior studying business administration. Contributing to expanding Auburn’s unified family early on in her collegiate career, Sundberg has acted as an SGA Student alumni ambassador, vice president of communications, and AVP of Media Operations, director of photography, and Freshman Forum. Outside of student government, Sundberg has sought to help others through her job as a Panhellenic Pi Chi and member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority.
Sundberg recounts how she joined the Auburn family with a bit of fear, but how her experience on campus has cultivated in her a spirit of courage. Her campaign “Save a Seat with Sundberg” metaphorizes Auburn as a table in which each student is invited to find their own place amongst their peers, and encourage others to do the same.
“Auburn has helped me discover the part of myself that seeks to invite others in and help them find their seat as I struggled to find mine,” Sundberg said.
Sunberg proposes that in order for each person find their chair at the table, they must “save a seat” for three groups: first, for Auburn alumni who built this sturdy foundation of community; second, for the encouraging peers, friends, and family that has supported an individual throughout their journey; and finally for those who will attend the institution in the future by leaving Auburn better than how it was initially. Sundberg is set on leaving a lasting legacy as Miss Auburn by taking care of both the student body (past, present and future) and the campus.
“Whether you are a new student that has been to campus once, or an alumnus who has not been back in 20 years, there is always a seat saved for you here at Auburn,” Sundberg said.
Meghan George, “Made for More with Meg”
Contributed by Meghan George.
Meghan George, a junior studying neuroscience, is the first of her family to attend Auburn University. George’s drive to positively impact its community is shown through her work as vice president of operations for the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority, her service as vice president of programming and membership of Order of Omega, and her employment as a program assistant at the Auburn Recreation & Wellness Center.
George’s campaign “Made for More with Meg” was constructed upon the belief that contributing to and uplifting the Auburn community creates a better college experience, as well as sets the foundation for future endeavors in education and relationships. George desires to help students recognize the inspiration others have cultivated in them, and consequently choose to continue that trend of encouragement, support and love within their own groups.
“We are made to be more than a student, more than a campus and more than a moment,” George said. “Through my platform, I want to motivate students to accomplish these points by empowering every student story, connecting the Auburn family and building a lasting legacy of service.”
If elected Miss Auburn, George pledges to directly impact the Auburn campus and the surrounding community by establishing a mentorship program that will connect every member of Auburn –underclassmen, upperclassmen, faculty, and alumni– to foster lifelong relationships in which wisdom can be shared and individual experiences can be celebrated. With that, George will prompt students to involve themselves in volunteering opportunities for the city of Auburn that has added to their college career and their future.
“Receiving an education at Auburn University is a gift unlike any other, and as members of the Auburn community, we are made for more than just walking through campus to attend our classes,” George said.
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