Alexa Schmidt, Miss 海角直播, on Saturday narrowly missed becoming the fourth UCF consecutive student to be named Miss Florida.<\/p>\n
Schmidt, a Jacksonville senior majoring in psychology, was the first runner-up to the new Miss Florida,\u00a0Laura McKeeman, a St. Petersburg TV sportscaster.<\/p>\n
Schmidt won $7,100 for being named runner-up and posting high scores in the preliminary talent, preliminary interview and newcomer-of-the-year categories.<\/p>\n
Two other UCF students made it to the top 11 finalists chosen from the 43 contestants: Jerusha Cavazos of Celebration, a junior majoring in musical theatre who holds the title of Miss South Florida, and Meagan Cartaya of Homestead, a sophomore majoring in advertising and public relations who holds the title of Miss Homestead. Each earned $750.<\/p>\n
If Schmidt had won the title, she would have followed in the footsteps of three other UCF students named Miss Florida: Kristina Janolo in 2011, Jacqueline Raulerson in 2010 and Rachael Todd in 2009.<\/p>\n
Nine of the 43 contestants at the pageant in St. Petersburg were UCF students.<\/p>\n
The new Miss Florida will advance to compete for the title of Miss America early next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alexa Schmidt, Miss 海角直播, on Saturday narrowly missed becoming the fourth UCF consecutive student to be named Miss Florida. Schmidt, a Jacksonville senior majoring in psychology, was the first runner-up to the new Miss Florida,\u00a0Laura McKeeman, a St. Petersburg TV sportscaster. Schmidt won $7,100 for being named runner-up and posting high scores in the preliminary talent, preliminary…","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":38604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7942,8010,2711,8011,3856],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-38601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-jacqueline-raulerson","tag-jerusha-cavazos","tag-kristina-janolo","tag-meagan-cartaya","tag-rachael-todd"],"yoast_head":"\n