The Miss University of Georgia Pageant crowned its 2026 winner Friday night in Athens, naming Sailor Ott, a biological sciences major from Toccoa, as Miss UGA. Ott emerged from a field of 19 contestants, earning the title and a $1,250 scholarship.
Georgians will soon have another way to support private school students—and receive the money back through tax credits—after Gov. Brian Kemp opted Georgia into a new federal scholarship tax credit program tied to the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”








