WVUP Student Miss West Virginia

By Jasmine Delane
A nursing student at West Virginia University at Parkersburg has been crowned Miss West Virginia. Jessica Rae Wedge, 22, of Evans, was crowned at the annual state pageant held in Flatwoods. She is a full-time student at WVUP, pursuing an associate’s degree in nursing. She is a pageant veteran, having collected numerous titles including 2004 Queen of the West Virginia Interstate Fair.

Wedge will represent West Virginia at the annual Miss USA Pageant to be broadcast live on NBC in April.

Kristin Morrison, of Ripley, Miss West Virginia USA 2005, crowns her successor, Jessica Rae Wedge of Parkersburg.(http://dailymail.com/static/view/Beauty%20Queens/thumbnails/PAGEANT10.jpg)