MS SC503

Commends Asya Branch for being crowned Miss USA 2020 on November 9, 2020, making her the first Mississippian to win the Miss USA Pageant

Recognizes Branch as the first African-American woman to be named Miss Mississippi USA

Notes her advocacy platform "Empowering Children of Incarcerated Parents," inspired by her own incarcerated father who remains her supporter

Acknowledges Branch is a Broadcast Journalism student at the University of Mississippi who will represent the United States at the 2021 Miss Universe Pageant

Directs that the resolution be presented to Asya Branch and made available to the Capitol Press Corps