Megan Magri wins Miss Southeastern Crown
Tuesday, February 22, 2022 
by: Tonya Lowentritt
NEW MISS SOUTHEASTERN CROWNED – Southeastern Louisiana University health sciences major Megan Magri has been chosen as Miss Southeastern 2022. Magri will advance to the Miss Louisiana Pageant in June.
HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University health sciences major Megan Magri
of St. Rose, has been chosen Miss Southeastern 2022. She also received the Talent
Award and the Red Carpet Award.
Magri received her crown from Miss Southeastern 2021 Lily Gayle of Hammond at
the annual pageant Feb. 17 at Southeastern’s Student Union Ballroom. Sponsored by
the Campus Activities Board, the pageant is affiliated with the Miss America Pageant
System.
The top five contestants for the pageant were Magri, Emily Wilson of Hammond,
Baileigh Picou of Shreveport, Kobi Painting of Amite, and Lucy Bateman of Franklinton.
First runner up was Wilson, a management major, who also received the Miss Congeniality
Award, and second runner up was Picou, a general studies major, who also received
the Miss Southeastern Legacy Scholarship Award. Painting also took home the Student
Government Association Academic Award, while Kaitlyn Bradford of Sandy Hook, Miss.,
received the People’s Choice Award.
Magri will advance to the Miss Louisiana’s Pageant that will be held in Monroe
in June.
