After Howery, 46, waited 28 years to finish her bachelor’s degree, she is not about to take the denial of her crown without a fight. She insists that she was told that the student who secured the most donations would win the title: “I knew that I donated a lot more than everybody else; I had over 1,400 points for donations,” said Sandra.
It now appears that they look at your essay, your activities, and an interview. It would not be the first intervention of a court in such a competition. In 1983, a court ordered formal balloting in the selection of a homecoming queen after a black candidate challenged the process at McGehee High School.