SPECIAL ENTERTAINMENT

The Holmes “Connection!”

under the direction of: Mr. Mike Yates

DIRECTORS

Director

Tina Boyette, Goodman Campus

Assistant Pageant Directors

Jordin Heflin, Ridgeland Campus

Haley DeNoon, Grenada Campus

Publicity Director

Steve Diffey, Director of Communications

JUDGES

Lenora Lewis

Ms. Lewis is a native of Jackson, MS and a graduate of Jackson State University, with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Speech Communications. She is an Employment Law Specialist, holding certification from Columbia Southern University. Ms. Lewis works in the insurance industry and is also a licensed Real Estate agent.
She resided in Southern California for 16 years while working as an Insurance Claims Specialist. During this time, she was actively involved in ballet, jazz, and creative dance training, as well as recreational modeling. She has 9 years of classical piano training and is a former fitness instructor.

Ms. Lewis has been involved in the judging, tabulating, and emceeing of various pageants for many years, including Beauty & Beau, the Distinguished Young Woman Program, and National American Miss. She is also a certified judge in the Miss Mississippi pageant system. In the industry, she serves as an interview and modeling coach. She has been a member of the Mississippi Association of Pageant Judges for 21 years, serving in various positions on the board, including President, where she served in that role for a total of 6 years. She was awarded Outstanding Judge of the Year in 2014.

Ms. Lewis is delighted to be here, and she wishes each contestant the very best of luck!

Mrs. Renee’ Adcock

A graduate of Mississippi University for Women, Renee majored in accounting and started her career at Iowa Power and Light as a corporate accountant.  Years later, she joined PricewaterhouseCoopers in Manhattan, New York.  After earning an MBA from Saint Leo University, she completed the first year of her PhD coursework in Organizational Leadership. Renee retired from PwC as a Director in the Corporate Treasury Practice.

     Mrs. Adcock serves on the board of directors for the Mississippi Association of Pageant Judges.  Renee has an active judging schedule spanning the southeastern United States and is a qualified preliminary judge with the Miss America Organization and the Distinguished Young Woman program. Mrs. Adcock is an experienced judge, emcee, tabulator, and pageant coach.  As a pageant competitor, Mrs. Adcock has won several state and national titles; most recently, she placed in the Top 10 at the 2023 Mrs. Magnolia State pageant, and in 2021, she was crowned Ms. Senior World Leadership.

She sends each of the contestants best wishes!

Brandy Stokes

Brandy is married to Mike Stokes, and together they own and operate Stokes Specialties, a pageant consulting business which provides clients expertise direction in interview, modeling and hair and makeup. She has also been a contestant and pageant mom and now enjoys her role as pageant grandmother.

Brandy’s experience as a pageant judge has taken her to local pageants all over the Southeast. She has also judged an international pageant aboard a cruise ship.

She is a member of the Mississippi Association of pageant judges and serves on the board as program coordinator. She is a certified judge for the Miss Mississippi preliminaries, Distinguished Young Woman, Miss Cosmos International and Royal American Miss, and the Elementary, Junior High, High School, and Collegiate Pageant System.

The Stokes have two grandchildren, Jeb and Gamblin, who are the biggest joys in their life. They enjoy traveling, especially anywhere to watch Mississippi State athletics and Disney. Brandy sends best wishes to each contestant!

CONGRATULATIONS

TO OUR WINNERS