The Midland Independent School District (MISD) received a visit from Texas's 2025 representative to the Miss America Pageant on February 6.
According to a Facebook post by MISD, the district hosted Miss Texas Annette Addo-Yobo, who was the pageant’s first runner-up. Addo-Yobo spoke at the Permian Basin public school district’s Young Women’s Leadership Academy of Midland (YWLA) and James Fannin Elementary School.
"She shared an inspiring message about the power of authenticity and believing in yourself," MISD said in the post. "Thank you, Miss Texas, for empowering our students today with your words of encouragement!"
Addo-Yobo is a 2020 graduate of the University of Texas at Dallas and a native of Ghana in West Africa. According to 360 West Magazine, she is the first immigrant to win Miss Texas. Her beauty pageant experience began in North Texas, where she participated in a local pageant in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburb of Southlake.