Editor’s Note: This is part of a CNN series, “The Helpers,” which seeks to showcase people who are going the extra mile to help others and make their communities a better place. Brittany Walters made ...

After winning homecoming queen, Forrest County Agricultural High School senior Nyla Covington (right) gave away her crown to friend and classmate Brittany Walters. Screengrab of Tyra Idom's Facebook ...

Senior Nyla Covington was voted homecoming queen at Mississippi’s Forrest County Agricultural High School last month. But when receiving her crown, she felt moved to give it away to another nominee ...

FORREST COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - Forrest County Agricultural High School’s Homecoming 2021 will be a day many will never forget. After being named homecoming queen, senior Nyla Covington immediately ...

Forrest County Agricultural High School student Nyla Covington, who gave up her homecoming crown in an act of kindness toward a friend who just lost her mother, was honored for the selfless act that ...

After winning homecoming queen, Forrest County Agricultural High School senior Nyla Covington (right) gave away her crown to friend and classmate Brittany Walters. Screengrab of Tyra Idom's Facebook ...

Brittany Walters made a promise to her mother the day she passed away from cancer: Brittany and her father would go to homecoming, where the high school senior was nominated for queen. Her mom, A.J.

“Selfless,” “emotional” and “a moment no one will ever forget.” That’s how parents in one Mississippi school community described the moment Forrest County Agricultural High School senior Nyla ...