KNIGHTS OF REVELRY Lady Elizabeth Adele Gustin

The daughter of Robert Allan Gustin, Jr. and Christina “Christy” Wilby Tynes Gustin, Lady Elizabeth Adele Gustin has been chosen as this year’s Leading Lady for the 149th Knights of Revelry (KOR) celebration—an honor that Elizabeth says is made even more special in sharing in it with her dad.

For Elizabeth, some of her most favorite Mardi Gras memories stem from her time spent amongst the KOR float barn. “As a child, going to the Sunday Float Barn party has been a great memory, getting on my dad’s float and seeing the brilliant royal blue and silver colors on the iconic Emblem float with a champagne glass,” Elizabeth recalls. “Later, I would bring my sorority sisters down for the weekend to the barn party. The daytime parade on Fat Tuesday is a great finale to the entire Carnival season for my family. To have this honor to get to be the Leading Lady and to get to ride in the parade with my dad is so special to me and, I am beyond grateful. For both my father and my mother, this group is like a family, although it’s my father who is the member. It’s a Mystic Society that has stayed together intact for 149 years when so many didn’t make it.”

Being chosen to serve as Leading Lady came at a complete shock to Elizabeth one night at the Athelstan Club in May of 2022. “It was the week of my birthday in May and my parents wanted to surprise me with the news. I had invited some of my sorority friends to go with me to the beach the next day, but my parents suggested we all go to have drinks at the Athelstan Club that night for the monthly Art Walk night,” Elizabeth fondly recalls. “Folly, the emblem of KOR, appeared suddenly out of nowhere and asked me to be the 149th Leading Lady. I was so shocked, completely surprised because it’s only May, and, of course, I said yes! I had thought there were just a lot of people at the club that night, but it was all the members of that committee and good friends of my parents who were actually there.”

KOR typically kicks off their Carnival Season with their Christmas Revel, which took place on December 10th 2022. It is during this celebration that Elizabeth is presented by her father to the KOR members, their families, and the MCA Court. For this festive event, Elizabeth look with a pearl necklace with a bow clasp that her mother gifted her in honor of being the 149th Leading Lady. Her reign as Leading Lady is far from over, Elizabeth will finish out this Carnival season with a ride through Downtown Mobile on a float during the KOR parade on Fat Tuesday, which finishes with a party at the Civic Center.

She is member of Chi Omega where she served as Sisterhood Support Team Leader and Secretary’s Assistant. She also serves as Healthcare Analytics Society Secretary. She will graduate in May of this year, and upon graduation she plans to obtain her Masters degree in Healthcare Leadership, and hopefully will return to the Gulf Coast to work in administration in a