Kaplan native competes for Rice Festival queen

CROWLEY — Kaplan native Kyla Grace Abshire is one of the five ladies vying for the title of the 86th International Rice Festival Queen in Crowley.
The pageant is scheduled to take place on Saturday at the Supreme Riche Sound State, where the winner will be crowned at approximately 10:45 a.m.
Kyla is the daughter of David and Natalie Abshire and a student at LSU, majoring in Cybersecurity and Criminology with a minor in Fashion merchandising. She is an active member of the National Society of Women Engineers, the LSU Fashion Club, and the LSU Bengal Bots. She has received the Tier 2 TOPS scholarship and is also an active member of Christ the King Church.
When she’s not busy with her studies and extracurricular activities, Kyla enjoys hiking, fishing, zip-lining, ATV riding, and air rifle competition. Her sponsor for this year’s pageant is Bocage Crawfish.