The 6th Little Miss Green and White Pageant 2024 hosted by the Columbia Branch of the National Association of University Women (NAUW) was a rousing success. On Sunday November 10, 2024 Allen University was the setting for this year’s biennial pageant where seven of Columbia’s best, brightest and most beautiful young ladies were presented.
The contestants, Zah’s Niyah Monae Addison, Niyah Livingston, Aleigha Karmen Neals, Dasani Padgett, Abigail T. Preister, Ma’Laya Lola Sutton, and Alana Victoria Wilkerson spent several months preparing for the pageant through workshops, seminars, field trips, cultural and social activities as well as community service-learning projects. These enrichment activities were coordinated by Gloria Simons, Keshia Brooks, Dr. Kendra Waring and the members of the Pageant Committee. In the eyes of the sponsors, parents and members of NAUW, all of the girls were deemed winners. Little Miss Abigail T. Preister was crowned as the 2024 Little Miss Green and White, Little Miss Ma’Laya Sutton, first runner-up and Little Miss Alana Victoria Wilkerson, second runner-up.
According to the Columbia Branch President, Loranda Melton, “For more than 90 years the mission and purpose of the National Association of University all point to our respon-
sibility to support, undergird, mentor and affirm the youth and children in our community. The pageant is just one of the several ways NAUW does its part to meet this much needed goal.”
Proceeds from the pageant are used to provide scholarships for the Young University
Women, an affiliate group of high school young girls that are mentored and nurtured from ninth grade through their senior years. The organization also provides scholarships to students at Benedict College and Allen University on an annual basis.
