Miss Arkansas Scholarship Organization Announces 2025 Marketplace Interview Scholarship Recipients

LITTLE ROCK, AR – June 2025 – The Miss Arkansas Scholarship Organization proudly announces the recipients of the 2025 Marketplace Interview Scholarships, awarded to contestants who excelled in career-focused interview sessions aligned with their professional ambitions.

The Marketplace Interview Scholarships highlight one of the most important facets of competition—real-world poise, professionalism, and vision. These private interviews allow contestants to demonstrate their career goals, educational paths, and personal values to a panel of judges representing each field.

“We believe these awards reflect our mission to support and prepare young women for life beyond the stage,” said Lacy Fleming Glover, Executive Director of the Miss Arkansas Scholarship Organization. “Each recipient impressed our profession-specific panels with her articulate, thoughtful responses and passion for her chosen career.”

2025 Marketplace Interview Scholarship Recipients

• $2,500 Medical Profession Scholarship

  Sponsored by Dr. Brian McGee & Digestive Care of West Little Rock

  • 🏆 Miss Greater Little Rock, Kennedy Stanley

• $1,500 Law Profession Scholarship

  Sponsored by DBH Management Consultants

  • 🏆 Miss Central Arkansas, Abigail Davis

• $2,000 Journalism & Mass Communication Profession Scholarships Sponsored by KARK Channel 4

  • 🏆 Miss Metro, Kennedy Holland

• $1,500 Accounting Profession Scholarship

  Sponsored by Landmark PLC

  • 🏆 Miss South Arkansas, Bailey Gibson

• $2,500 Fine Arts Profession Scholarship

  Sponsored by The Miss Arkansas Scholarship Foundation

  • 🏆 Miss Johnson County, Graceanne Morgan

• $1,500 STEM Profession Scholarships

  Sponsored by Dr. Ashlen Batson Thomason, Dustin Thomason & Lynn & David Batson

  • 🏆 Miss University of Arkansas, BreAnna Grayson

• $2,500 Scott Landers Business Profession Scholarship

  Sponsored by Lauren Landers in memory of Scott Landers

  • 🏆 Miss Saline County, Ciara Callicott

• $2,500 Nursing Profession Scholarship

  Sponsored by The Miss Arkansas Scholarship Foundation

  • 🏆 Miss South Central Arkansas, Hope Hesterly

• $1,500 Marty Walker Education Profession Scholarship

  Sponsored by Fence Brokers & the Family of Marty Walker

  • 🏆 Miss White River, Jada Simpson

• $2,500 Dental Profession Scholarship

  Sponsored by The Miss Arkansas Scholarship Foundation

  • 🏆 Miss Texarkana Twin Rivers, Elizabeth Miller

• $2,500 Marketing & Merchandising Profession Scholarship

  Sponsored by Tabietha & Bill Dillard III

  • 🏆 Miss Sweetheart of Arkansas, Zion Uzoh