Miss Black Mississippi USA
Tangala LaNiece Hollis
Age: 24
School: Graduate of Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, MS by way of Dillard University in New Orleans, LA (displaced by Hurricane Katrina), Bachelor of Arts Degree in English (Summa Cum Laude) May, 2006; Currently attending The University of Mississippi School of Law
Major: Juris Doctorate
Talent: Acting/Monologues
Platform: Race to Read
Achievements: Academic and Merit-Based Scholarship to Dillard University; Academic Scholarship to Grambling State University; Summa Cum Laude Graduate of Tougaloo College; 1st place in Miss Black & Gold Pageant Sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.; Parliamentarian of Black Law Students Association (BLSA); 4.0 GPA Award (Dillard University); Miss Junior Class Queen (Dillard University); Member of National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA); Thurgood Marshall Counsel on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) Scholarship; Featured Anchor on University of Mississippi News Station, Newswatch; Member of Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF); Member of Law School Student Body (LSSB).