Alum Savors ‘Surreal’ Experience as Newly Crowned Miss Texas

In a moment of tense anticipation at the end of the 2024 Miss Texas pageant, University of Texas at Dallas alum Annette Addo-Yobo BS’20, who was Miss Southlake, and Chloe Burke, Miss North Texas, held hands waiting for the final announcement. After Burke’s name was called as first runner-up, Addo-Yobo could not believe she had become Miss Texas. “The realization of being Miss Texas didn’t hit me until two days later, because, in the moment, I actually don’t remember my crowning. It was just a surreal out-of-body experience.”She is the first immigrant-born winner of the Miss Texas Scholarship pageant. The realization of being Miss Texas didn’t hit me until two days later, because, in the moment, I actually don’t remember my crowning.