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Mesquite junior Deondria Murphy won Baylor’s first-ever Miss Green and Gold Pageant on Friday in Waco Hall, beating out 20 other Baylor beauties. Murphy will move on to compete in Miss Texas, and the winner of Miss Texas competes in Miss America.

Q: How long have you been doing pageants?

A: Well, actually this was my very first pageant. I saw a flier and thought, “I could see what this is about it.” I wanted to experience something new.

By Rayne Brown Reporter Mesquite junior Deondria Murphy is Baylor’s first ever Miss Green and Gold. “I feel on top…

Mesquite junior Deondria Murphy is Baylor’s first ever Miss Green and Gold.

Tonight 21 Baylor women competed in the first annual Miss Green and Gold pageant and after deliberating over intermission, judges crowned Murphy.

Glitz, glamour and a shot at winning the crown of Miss Texas and Miss America await the winner of Baylor’s first annual Miss Green and Gold Pageant.

“What this means is that Miss Green and Gold will be able to go to Miss Texas and compete to go to Miss America,” said Houston junior Amira Lewally, director of the Miss Green and Gold Pageant.

The Miss Green and Gold Pageant will take place on Nov. 1 in Waco Hall. Lewally said she and the current pageant committee have been trying to get a pageant started at Baylor for a year.