PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 18, 2025

CVB Contact: Sheila Snow
Phone: 318.387.5691
E-mail: ssnow@monroe-westmonroe.org

Miss Louisiana 2025 Contestants Take a Tour of Monroe-West Monroe

MONROE-WEST MONROE, La. ― Miss Louisiana Week 2025 has officially begun in Monroe-West Monroe, and now all 39 contestants are taking a tour of the Twin Cities ahead of their competition schedule.

Today, June 18, they’re scheduled to visit Antique Alley in West Monroe and have lunch at Chick-Fil-A in Pecanland Mall.
For Tuesday, June 17, the title holders enjoyed breakfast at Delta Biscuit Company, attended the Art Alley Mural Ribbon Cutting and visited the Biedenharn Coca-Cola Museum.

The Miss Louisiana Organization started Day Two, Monday, June 16, with a press conference, followed by a luncheon hosted ULM. Later in the day, the contestants enjoyed dinner at Texas Roadhouse in West Monroe and finished the day at Bayou Bowl.

On Sunday, June 15, which was Day One of Miss Louisiana Week, the contestants moved into the Monroe Civic Center and Bayou Suites on the University of Louisiana at Monroe’s campus with the help of the ULM Football team. The pageant organization wrapped up the day with dinner at Catahoula’s Restaurant.

“It’s an exciting week during the Miss Louisiana competition. We have enjoyed our relationship with the Miss Louisiana organization and are honored to host these outstanding young women as they compete for scholarship prizes as well as the chance to represent our state at Miss America and throughout the year. It is an opportunity to showcase all the great shopping and food, as well as many of our attractions to the contestants, their families, friends, and those watching the competition. We are looking forward to a great week and seeing who is our next Miss Louisiana,” said Discover Monroe-West Monroe President and CEO Alana Cooper.

Here’s the competition schedule for the preliminaries:

Night One: Thursday, June 19 at 7 p.m.
Night Two: Friday, June 20 at 7 p.m.

The final night of the competition will take place Saturday, June 21 at 8 p.m.

This year’s competition week and tour for the contestants are expected to produce an estimated economic impact of $287,660.42 for Ouachita Parish.

About Discover Monroe-West Monroe

Discover Monroe-West Monroe promotes Ouachita Parish as a destination for leisure travel, conventions, meetings and sporting events, creating a positive economic impact for our local community through increased visitor spending and sales tax collections. For more information about Discover Monroe-West Monroe, visit https://www.monroe-westmonroe....