The 22-year-old graduate of Ouachita Baptist University, Alyse Eady, has been crowned Miss Arkansas 2010 tonight. The Fort Smith resident will represent the state at the Miss America pageant next January in Las Vegas.

First runnerup was Simone Mullinax of Tulsa, Okla., as Miss Lakes of the Northwest; 2nd runnerup Amy Crain of Hot Springs as Miss Northwest Arkansas, and third runnerup Kristen Glover of Stuttgart as Miss Cotton Belle.