Kneis crowned Miss Tip of South Texas

Tasha Kneis, a Texas State University alumna and a debate teacher at Harlingen High School South, was crowned Miss Tip of South Texas at a pageant Saturday.

“I am very excited; it was a big surprise,” Kneis says.

Kneis, 25, is now preparing to compete in the Miss Texas pageant, to be held Sept. 3 in Houston. She said she competed in pageants as a teenager in Harlingen, but considers herself a novice at this level of competition. 

“Being in a pageant takes a lot of work,” Kneis said. “I was very lucky to have friends and family who pulled together and got me ready for this.”

Read more about Kneis in the Brownsville Herald.