Shelby Bordelon wins Miss Southeastern crown
Friday, February 2, 2024 
by: Tonya Lowentritt
NEW MISS SOUTHEASTERN CROWNED – Southeastern Louisiana University finance major Shelby Bordelon, center, has been chosen as Miss Southeastern 2024. Pictured at left is first runner-up Miranda Sensat and second runner-up Kyndall Smith.
HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University finance major Shelby Bordelon of
Sunshine, has been chosen Miss Southeastern 2024. She also received the People’s Choice,
Talent, and Evening Gown awards.
Bordelon received her crown from Miss Southeastern 2023 Kobi Painting of Amite
at the annual pageant Jan. 27 at Southeastern’s Columbia Theatre for the Performing
Arts. Sponsored by the Campus Activities Board and the Office for Student Engagement,
the pageant is affiliated with the Miss America Pageant System.
The top three contestants for the pageant were Bordelon, Miranda Sensat of Prairieville,
and Kyndall Smith of Denham Springs.
First runner-up was Sensat, a music education major, who also received the Miss
Congeniality Award, and second runner-up was Smith, a business management major, who
also received the Student Government Association Academic Award.
Bordelon will advance to the Miss Louisiana Pageant that will be held in Monroe
in June.
