January 17, 2009

Students and pageants: Liverzani '10 is Miss Bristol County

We thought it was interesting, in 2006, to read about the entry of Scout Durwood ‘06 in the Miss Massachusetts pageant as Miss Greater Holyoke. Durwood’s eligibility for the pageant was apparently based on her college address, as she came to Amherst from Kansas, but we’re not going to pretend to be authorities on qualification for scholarship pageants.

Today we read that Amanda Liverzani ‘10 is now Miss Bristol County 2009, even more of a geographic bender considering that Bristol County is on Massachusetts’ south coast, including Fall River; Liverzani is from Las Vegas. (Miss Fall River 2009 is from Braintree, which is somewhat closer to Fall River than Amherst.)

It comes as no surprise that Amherst women excel at anything they try their hand at, and we’re happy to see Durwood and Liverzani advancing their causes (in Durwood’s case, sexual assault prevention and awareness, and in Liverzani’s, addressing communication barriers). We must admit that pageant competition hadn’t been part of our previous image of Amherst students, so we’d also like to thank Durwood and Liverzani for broadening our horizons.

Parker Morse '96 | January 17, 2009 11:57 AM | Campus

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