Miss Natchitoches City of Lights Makenzie Scroggs crowned Miss Louisiana 2023

Meredith G. White, Shreveport Times
Updated ·1 min read

The 60th annual Miss Louisiana pageant came to a close on Saturday, June 17 and a new young woman was crowned and will head to Miss America later this year.

Miss Natchitoches City of Lights Makenzie Scroggs was crowned Miss Louisiana 2023 and will represent the state at the Miss America competition later this year.

  • 4th runner up Miss Bell of the D'Arbonne Anna Claire Lemoine

  • 3rd runner up Miss LA Watermelon Festival Jourdan Waddell

  • 2nd runner up Miss University of LA Monroe Leslie Hobgood

  • 1st runner up Miss Union Parish Olivia Grace George

Miss Natchitoches City of Lights Makenzie Scroggs was crowned Miss Louisiana Saturday evening, June 17, 2023, in the W.L. Jack Howard Theatre at the Monroe Civic Center.
Miss Natchitoches City of Lights Makenzie Scroggs was crowned Miss Louisiana Saturday evening, June 17, 2023, in the W.L. Jack Howard Theatre at the Monroe Civic Center.

Non finalist talent award winners: Miss Dixie Stockshow Kelly Cole and Miss Spirit of the Red Courtney Patterson. Cole sang a rendition of Someone Like You on night one of preliminaries while Patterson danced a lyrical contemporary routine to Ashes on night two.

On Night 2 of Miss Louisiana 2023 preliminaries, Miss Louisiana Watermelon Festival, Jourdan Waddell, was the red carpet winner. The pageant is scheduled for Saturday night, June 17, 2023, in the W.L. Jack Howard Theatre at the Monroe Civic Center.
On Night 2 of Miss Louisiana 2023 preliminaries, Miss Louisiana Watermelon Festival, Jourdan Waddell, was the red carpet winner. The pageant is scheduled for Saturday night, June 17, 2023, in the W.L. Jack Howard Theatre at the Monroe Civic Center.

Dancer Award: Miss LA Watermelon Festival Jourdan Waddell.

Waddell performed a jazz routine to Michael Jackson's Dangerous.

Instrumentalist Award: Miss LA Tech University Chanley Patterson

Patterson took home the Talent and Alpha Talent Awards for her rendition of Percy Faith's El Cubanchero on night two of the preliminaries.

Miss Congeniality: Miss South LA Bayou Demi Martin

Miss Louisiana Tech University, Chanley Patterson, won the alpha and overall talent portion on Friday during the second night of Miss Louisiana 2023 preliminaries in the W.L. Jack Howard Theatre at the Monroe Civic Center. The pageant is scheduled for Saturday night, June 17, 2023, in the W.L. Jack Howard Theatre at the Monroe Civic Center.
Miss Louisiana Tech University, Chanley Patterson, won the alpha and overall talent portion on Friday during the second night of Miss Louisiana 2023 preliminaries in the W.L. Jack Howard Theatre at the Monroe Civic Center. The pageant is scheduled for Saturday night, June 17, 2023, in the W.L. Jack Howard Theatre at the Monroe Civic Center.

Miss Louisiana Preliminaries Night 1: Check out the winners for night one of the Miss Louisiana 2023 pageant in Monroe

Miss Louisiana Preliminaries Night 2: Find out who took home talent and evening wear awards at night two of Miss Louisiana

The Miss Louisiana Organization is part of the Miss America Organization, which is the number one provider of scholarships for women in the world. The state organization will award over $60,000 in cash scholarships this year and more than $300,000 in in-kind scholarships being made available.

Meredith G. White is the arts and culture reporter for the Shreveport Times. You can find her on Facebook as Meredith G. White, on Instagram and Twitter as @meredithgwhite, and email her at mgwhite@gannett.com.

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