Miss Chowan University Makes History as School's First Food Lion Miss CIAA 2015

Grocer Also Awards First-Runner up to Miss Johnson C. Smith University and Second-Runner up to Miss Winston Salem State University

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Food Lion awarded Miss Chowan University, LaTarryl Hall, with its coveted 2015 Miss CIAA crown, along with a scholarship at the McDonald's/CIAA Super Saturday inside the Time Warner Cable Arena today.

Hall is a native of Columbia, S.C. She attends Chowan University where she is a senior majoring in criminal justice.

The Food Lion Miss CIAA competition winners are given scholarships based on their GPA, community and school involvement, biography, essay and online popular vote.

The first runner up was SA'Keithia Hammond , Miss Johnson C. Smith University. Second-runner up was Miss Winston-Salem State University Leah Darby. The CIAA is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II athletic conference consisting mostly of historically African-American institutions of higher education.

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