Southeastern Louisiana University senior music education major Miranda Sensat of Denham Springs has been chosen Miss Southeastern 2026. She also won the Evening Gown Award.
Sensat received her crown from Miss Southeastern 2025 Eva Delatte of Ponchatoula at the annual pageant Jan. 30 at Southeastern’s Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts. Sponsored by the Campus Activities Board and the Office for Student Engagement, the pageant is affiliated with the Miss America Pageant System.
The top three contestants for the pageant were Sensat, Mia Calais of Cecila, and Kiley Angelle Posey of New Sarpy.
First runner-up was Calais, a biological sciences major, who also won the Talent and People’s Choice awards, and second runner-up was Posey, a biological sciences major, who also received the Miss Congeniality Award and the Passion for Performing Arts Essay Award.
Additional award winners included strategic communications major Sara Cavalier of French Settlement, who won the Student Government Association Academic Award; criminal justice major Taniece Delestre of Houma, who received the Alumni Chapter Legacy Scholarship Award and the Health and Wellness Essay Award; and communication sciences and disorders major Patrixa Kim Flores of Baton Rouge, who received the Four Points Essay Award.
Sensat will advance to the Miss Louisiana Pageant that will be held in Monroe in June.
