WEBJun 11, 2023 · Colfax resident Gracie Reichman, then a rising senior at Louisiana Tech University, is crowned as Miss Louisiana 2022 on June 19, 2022. (KNOE) By Curtis Heyen. Published: Jun. 11, 2023 at 2:15 PM PDT. MONROE, La. (KSLA) — Twenty-seven women are vying to be Miss Louisiana. A half dozen of them are students at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston.