
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, October 4, 1993                   TAG: 9310040087
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-3   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: BRISTOL                                LENGTH: Short

WILDER AIDE IS '94 MISS VIRGINIA-USA

A staff assistant in the office of Gov. Douglas Wilder was crowned Sunday as the 1994 Miss Virginia-USA.

Patricia A. Southall, 22, of Richmond, was chosen from 41 contestants in a pageant held at Virginia Intermont College.

Southall, a 1992 graduate of James Madison University, won about $15,000 in cash and prizes. She will represent Virginia in the Miss USA pageant in February in Texas.

The first runner-up was Susan E. Robinson, 22, of Lynchburg. The second runner-up was Meredith R. Blankenship, 20, of Hurley in Buchanan County.

The previous Miss Virginia-USA was Stephanie Setterfield from Virginia Beach.

by CNB