Christopher Scurry and Florinda Lee were crowned Mr. and Miss University Village for the 2007-2008 school year, Wednesday, April 4, in the MSC auditorium.The University Village awards $1,500 to one deserving male and female each year as the winners of the University Village Scholarship Pageant.
This year’s pageant coordinators were Jessica Waiters and Rickie L. Dodd and The Harlem Renaissance: The UV Club was the theme.
The female contestants were Nora Lemon, Florinda Lee, Mikaila Horton, and Candace Culmer. Male contestants were, Alex Burton, David Gillie, Jr., Christopher Scurry, and Vallice Ford.
The contestants competed in four categories: active wear, talent showcase, evening wear, and question and answer.
Some of the acts consisted of soccer wear from Lee, baseball gear from Burton, and Culmer gave the crowd a hot pink boxing outfit. While in the talent showcase Burton sang a capella, Gillie, performed stunts on his bicycle, and Horton recited Maya Angelou’s famous poem “Still I Rise.”
Lee not only took home the overall prize, but racked up the awards of best active wear, best talent, and best evening wear.
“It feels like a distant reality. It feels like I cashed a check that I have been working long and hard for. My heart goes out to all the contestants because we all worked really hard to make this pageant a true success,” said Lee.
Nora Lemon, of Oakland, California, was crowned the runner up.
Scurry with his Michael Jackson impersonation, song and dance, was awarded best active wear and best talent along with the crown.
“I never honestly believed that I would win. Doing the pageant gave me the opportunity to become friends with some special people,” said Scurry.
Ford, in his maintenance man wear and personal poetry, was crowned the runner up and won the award of best evening wear.
Pageant coordinator Jessica Waiters said, “I had a wonderful time on the other side of the ‘pageant life.’ It was a great experience forresidents as well as my co-workers.”
The event drew in a light crowd with mixed reviews.
Sophomore Nicole Morris said, “I was greatly disappointed with this pageant. It started late and ended later. I felt as though they were not prepared not the participants but the people who orchestrated this pageant.