I think the AA student body just wanted to give the finger to Ole Miss.
Here's the defeated runner-up, Ashleigh Davis.
I think the AA student body just wanted to give the finger to Ole Miss.
Ashleigh Davis - 2012 Homecoming Queen Runner-up
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Your theory is likely true. It reminds me of an episode in “Steve Canyon” where his niece Poteet is a coed at Maumee University and the big woman on campus is defeated for homecoming queen by an unknown named Latte LaVaca. On prom night the winner turns out to be a cow, part of a huge practical joke. The name Latte LaVaca means “milk the cow”.
But as they say, “truth is always stranger than fiction”.