{"id":3885,"date":"2023-02-23T15:45:59","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T15:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/?p=3885"},"modified":"2023-02-23T15:46:01","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T15:46:01","slug":"troy-crowns-new-miss-phi-beta-sigma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2023\/02\/23\/troy-crowns-new-miss-phi-beta-sigma\/","title":{"rendered":"TROY crowns new Miss Phi Beta Sigma"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TROY, Ala. (<a href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TROJANVISION<\/a>) \u2014 Troy University has crowned its new Phi Beta Sigma (<a href=\"https:\/\/phibetasigma1914.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PBS<\/a>) queen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sunday, Feb. 19, pageant participants and audience members gathered in Claudia Crosby Theater to watch as ladies competed to become the new Miss PBS. In addition to gaining a new title, the queen is expected to continue competing at various competitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The winner goes and represents us at State, Regional, and Conclave,&#8221; said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/troysigmas\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TROY Phi Beta Sigma<\/a> President Emmanuel Marsh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During their introductions, participants shared a motto that best represented them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;My motto was if you cannot fly, then run, if you cannot run, then walk, if you cannot walk, then crawl but by any means necessary always keep moving forward,&#8221; said newly-crowned Miss Phi Beta Sigma Tierene Tunstall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the talent portion of the pageant, contestants demonstrated skills they hoped would best entertain their audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I used to be on the praise dance team at church,&#8221; Miss Blue and White Shakira Thomas said. &#8220;&#8216;Better Days&#8217; was actually the second song that I did by myself. Praise dancing is a way that I can communicate with other people.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One contestant told TrojanVision the experience was not only a pageant but also an opportunity to gain confidence and make new friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I grew new bonds,&#8221; Miss Alpha Alpha Lambda said. &#8220;I opened up more, brought out a new personality so it was really fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moments after being crowned as queen, Tunstall urged other women, especially young girls, to be brave and try new things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Something I would teach younger girls is not to be afraid of branching out and trying something new. I did the pageant it has brought out so much confidence in me. I&#8217;ve met new friends so I would definitely recommend you to step out of your shell, be willing to try new things and overcome any fear you have.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION) \u2014 Troy University has crowned its new Phi Beta Sigma (PBS) queen.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, Feb. 19, pageant participants and audience members gathered in Claudia Crosby Theater to watch as ladies competed to become the new Miss PBS. In addition to gaining a new title, the queen is expected to continue competing at various&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a-button\" href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2023\/02\/23\/troy-crowns-new-miss-phi-beta-sigma\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":3886,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"topics":[17],"class_list":["post-3885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","topics-troy-campus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3885"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=3885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}