By Piper Gallagher, Senior Reporter
Jessica Davis is gearing up for her goodbye to Miss Northwestern later this week.
This Sunday, Miss Northwestern 2026 will be crowned in the Herod Hall Feller’s Family Auditorium. During her time representing the college as Miss Northwestern, Davis accomplished a lot throughout the year.
Davis is a sophomore nursing major from Woodward. Pageants were a relatively new experience for her when she initially competed for the title of Miss NWOSU. During her senior year, she won her local pageant Miss Woodward and went on to compete, and win, Miss Cinderella.
“Not many people get to say that they represent their school,” Davis said, “So that’s super-duper cool and that’s something I’ll always hold near and dear to my heart.”
Her community service initiative, or CSI, is called Unplugged: Disconnect to Reconnect. Davis found that internet safety and screen time is an issue that faces all age ranges and communities. Screens are ingrained into everyday life.
Davis would travel to various schools and teach kids about the dangers of social media and how to protect themselves.
“It was basically just about balancing your online life with your real life and like having a healthy relationship with social media and technology and stuff like that,” Davis said.
The CSI portion of the Miss America system, which Miss Northwestern feeds into via Miss Oklahoma, is a crucial part of a contestant’s competition. Every year, the winner of Miss Northwestern goes on to compete in Miss Oklahoma, which occurs in June.
According to Northwestern’s website, Davis earned a number of titles at Miss Oklahoma including 3rd Runner-Up and awards for health and fitness and evening gown, which are portions of the Miss Oklahoma pageant. She also was named Rookie of the Year, and she won the Rookie interview and the Community Service Initiative “On the Rise” award.
“It truly is a once in a lifetime opportunity,” Davis said about her Miss Oklahoma experiences. Despite being one of the youngest contestants at the competition, Davis was able to make lifelong friends and have a great experience.
In the talent portion, Davis performs a dance solo. She’s been involved in dance since she was three-years-old.
At Miss Oklahoma, she performed a “fiery jazz dance” that she will perform on Sunday during Miss Northwestern.
But of course, she couldn’t do it without a great support system. Davis said that Paige Fischer, the director of the Miss Northwestern pageant, was her “biggest hype woman” during her entire experience.
“Jessica has been incredible,” Fischer said, “She has truly set Northwestern history in what she was able to go and achieve at Miss Oklahoma.”
Fischer aids Miss Northwestern in her preparation for Miss Oklahoma. It involves a lot of hardworking hours in order to get ready for on stage questions, gown walks, and the overall competition hustle and bustle.
Davis’s goodbye will take place at 4pm on Sunday.
Tickets at the door will be $10, and they are also on sale at the business office for a discounted price if purchased ahead of time.
“I’m super excited for the next girl. It’s very bittersweet because it’s like so special to me, but I know it’s going to be handed off to someone who is going to take just as much care of it as I did,” Davis said.