A scoring error at Spelman College’s Miss Spelman pageant led to co-titleholders being named, but the recalculated winner says the decision is unfair.<\/p>\n
ATLANTA \u2014 A scoring error in Spelman College’s 43rd Miss Spelman competition has sparked controversy on campus and prompted an unusual decision to name co-titleholders.<\/p>\n
Kinsley Wilson was initially crowned Miss Spelman on April 11, with Jillian Collier named first runner-up. Officials later said a post-pageant review found a technical discrepancy in the scoring process. After recalculating results, the college determined Collier had earned the highest overall score.<\/p>\n
In a statement to 11Alive, Spelman said it is “overhauling protocols” and apologized for the mistake, adding it is working to ensure “a similar error does not occur again.”<\/p>\n
During the competition, seven contestants were evaluated on talent, interview, poise, and an overall composite score.<\/p>\n
Miss Spelman serves as the official student ambassador for Spelman College, representing the women’s HBCU to prospective students, donors, and at campus events.<\/p>\n
In a statement to the student body, officials said, “We offer our deepest apologies to the students and families impacted by the initial announcement.”<\/p>\n
The college said it will move forward with co-Miss Spelman titleholders for 2026: Jillian Collier and Kinsley Wilson.<\/p>\n
In a statement obtained by 11Alive, Collier said she “vehemently disagrees” with the co-queen decision, calling it “unfair and unjust,” and said she feels she is being cheated out of the title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A scoring error at Spelman College’s Miss Spelman pageant led to co-titleholders being named, but the recalculated winner…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":{"0":"post-201252","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-queens","12":"tag-queens-headlines","13":"tag-queens-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}