DAVID HARDEN/Arizona Daily Wildcat Jenny Rimsza won the title of Fiesta Bowl Queen this weekend in Phoenix. Rimsza is a business junior and member of Pi Beta Phi.

Jenny Rimsza, a UA business economics junior, was crowned the Clear Channel Outdoor Fiesta Bowl Queen at a gala held in Phoenix Friday night.

Rimsza one of four contestants for the title, and daughter of Phoenix mayor Skip Rimsza, said she was very excited to win the title.

"I did not actually expect to win," she said.

Nicole Pryde, a UA elementary education junior was one of the other three women in contention for the crown.

The other two contestants were Danielle Demski, an Arizona State University broadcast journalism senior and Courtney Thomas, a Northern Arizona University health promotions in education senior.

Rimsza and the three other contestants comprise the 32nd Fiesta Bowl Court.

Together they will serve as the official ambassadors of the 2002-2003 Fiesta Bowl festival and reign over more than 50 public events and the bowl's fifth national championship.

"I think it's really exciting for her," said student government president Doug Hartz, who works closely with Rimsza. "I'm really glad that she has the opportunity to do this and to represent our school."

Rimsza said she is looking forward to her duties as Fiesta queen, which will include attending different Fiesta Bowl meetings, talking to the public about how the Fiesta Bowl relates to the community and promoting various festival events.

"I want to show people that college students do not just go out and party but that they can do other things as well and do well in school and be involved in the community," Rimsza said.

One of Rimsza's first duties will be to attend an AIDS awareness walk-a-thon.

Rimsza is a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority and is active in Arizona Students' Association. She also sits on the Eller College of Business and Public Administration Student Council, and is a member of Campus Crusade for Christ and Arizona Allegiance, the official UA spirit club.

Rimsza said she hopes to make her time as queen memorable by going out into the community and sharing her faith.

"I hope to be able to talk to people and share with them my faith in God," she said.

The decision of who among the four women to select as queen was made by a panel of anonymous judges, including the president of Clear Channel Communications and the chairman of the Fiesta Bowl. The judges' selection was based upon each candidate's scholastic achievement, poise, citizenship, personality and appearance.

Each candidate selected went through an application process that began in the spring and consisted of three interviews and rounds of cuts before a final meeting in which Rimsza, Pryde, Demski and Thomas were selected as contenders for the crown.

The Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Football Classic will be held on Jan. 3.