Miss Alabama USA
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The Miss Alabama USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Alabama in the Miss USA pageant.
Alabama is one of the more successful and (recently) consistent states at Miss USA. Although they have had a number of runners-up, finalists and semi-finalists, they have only had one Miss USA. Even more successfully, Sylvia Hitchcock, Miss USA 1967, went on to win the Miss Universe title. Two Miss Alabama USA titleholders have placed first runner-up to winners from California: Candace Michelle Brown was first runner-up to Shannon Marketic in 1999, and Pamela Flowers was first runner-up to Summer Bartholomew in 1975.
Three Miss Alabama USA titleholders were former Miss Alabama Teen USAs. Of these three, two placed better in the Miss competition than they did as teens.
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[edit] Results summary
[edit] Placements
- Winners: Sylvia Hitchcock (1967 - Miss Universe)
- 1st runners-up: Pamela Flowers (1975), Candace Michelle Brown (1992), Michelle Arnette (2003)
- 2nd runners-up: Doris Edwards (1953), Judith Carlson (1958), Margaret Gordon (1960), Jina Mitchell (2000)
- 3rd runners-up: Pamela Rigas (1980)
- 4th runners-up: Suellen Robinson (1961)
- Top 10: Autumn Smith (1997), Tara Darby (2004), Haleigh Stidham (2006)
- 'Top 11/12: JoAnne Henderson (1981), Candy Carley (1991), Tara Tucker (2002)
- Top 15: Pat Sullivan (1959), Dinah Irene Armstrong (1963), Pamela Jean Borgfeldt (1964), Leigh Sanford (1965), Claudia Robinson (1968), Hitsy Parnell (1969)
[edit] Awards
- Miss Photogenic: Pamela Flowers (1975), Rebecca Moore (2007)
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Rebecca Moore | Vestavia Hills | 19 | Miss Photogenic | ||
| 2006 | Haleigh Stidham | Birmingham | 23 | Top 10 | ||
| 2005 | Jessica Tinney | Birmingham | 21 | |||
| 2004 | Tara Darby | Birmingham | 22 | Top 10 | ||
| 2003 | Michelle Arnette | Dothan | 25 | 1st runner-up | ||
| 2002 | Tara Tucker | Birmingham | 23 | Top 12 | Previously Miss Alabama Teen USA 1997 | |
| 2001 | Laura Hoffman | Birmingham | 20 | |||
| 2000 | Jina Mitchell | Trussville | 22 | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1999 | Doree Walker | |||||
| 1998 | Paige Brooks | Mobile | 25 | |||
| 1997 | Autumn Smith | Chelsea | 22 | Top 10 | Previously Miss Alabama Teen USA 1993 | |
| 1996 | Benita Brooks | 25 | ||||
| 1995 | Anna Mingus | Enterprise | Previously Miss Alabama Teen USA 1988 | |||
| 1994 | Malaea Nelms | Florence | ||||
| 1993 | Toni Johnson | |||||
| 1992 | Candace Michelle Brown | 1st runner-up | ||||
| 1991 | Candy Carley | Top 11 | Had her crown and clothes bought in preparation for the Miss USA pageant stolen from her car prior to the national pageant.[1] | |||
| 1990 | Natalie Moore | |||||
| 1989 | Sheri Mooney | |||||
| 1988 | Rhonda Mooney | |||||
| 1987 | Rhonda Garrett | Birmingham | Director of Premier Pageants group: Miss Alabama USA pageant 1993-, Miss Arkansas USA 2002-, Miss Mississippi USA 2002- | |||
| 1986 | Heather Howard | Huntsville | ||||
| 1985 | Allison Sawyer | Birmingham | ||||
| 1984 | Kelly Flowers | Hueytown | ||||
| 1983 | Terri Lane | Birmingham | ||||
| 1982 | Lisa Wheeler | Birmingham | ||||
| 1981 | JoAnne Henderson | Tuscaloosa | Top 12 | |||
| 1980 | Pamela Rigas | 3rd runner-up | Later Miss Ohio 1983 | |||
| 1979 | Rose Burch | |||||
| 1978 | Eva Stancil | Stancil was arrested in 1977 for possessing cocaine and marijuana with intent to distribute.[2] She was fired as head of the New Orleans Saints cheerleading squad in 1978 for failing to disclose this information.[3] | ||||
| 1977 | Cheryl Burgess | |||||
| 1976 | Kyle Ellis | |||||
| 1975 | Pamela Flowers | 1st runner-up | Miss Photogenic | |||
| 1974 | Wyna Lavis | |||||
| 1973 | Diane Fouilhe | |||||
| 1972 | Elaine Barnhill | |||||
| 1971 | Renee Smith | |||||
| 1970 | Kathy Bryant | |||||
| 1969 | Hitsy Parnell | Top 15 | ||||
| 1968 | Claudia Robinson | Top 15 | ||||
| 1967 | Sylvia Hitchcock | Tuscaloosa | 21 | Winner | Won the Miss Universe 1967 title | |
| 1966 | Susan Scott | |||||
| 1965 | Leigh Sanford | Top 15 | ||||
| 1964 | Pamela Borgfeldt | Top 15 | ||||
| 1963 | Dinah Armstrong | Top 15 | ||||
| 1962 | Jerolyn Ridgeway | |||||
| 1961 | Suellen Robinson | 4th Runner-up | ||||
| 1960 | Margaret Gordon | 2nd runner-up | ||||
| 1959 | Pat Sullivan | Top 15 | ||||
| 1958 | Judith Carlson | 2nd runner-up | ||||
| 19532 | Doris Edwards | 2nd runner-up | ||||
| 1952 | Doris Edwards |
- 1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
- 2 No titleholder was elected 1954-1957
[edit] References
- ^ Greer, Richard. "Miss Alabama USA loses crown - and her clothes", Atlanta Journal and Constitution, 1990-12-23, p. B/03.
- ^ United Press International. "Saints quell Angel cheers", The Globe and Mail, 1978-10-07, p. P53.
- ^ "ROUNDUP Theismann signs deal with 'Skins", The Globe and Mail, 1982-04-15, p. S6.
[edit] External links
| Alabama Pageantry | |
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| Miss America Miss Alabama |
Miss USA Miss Alabama USA |
| Miss America's Outstanding Teen Miss Alabama's Outstanding Teen |
Miss Teen USA Miss Alabama Teen USA |
| Premier Pageants State Pageants | ||||
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| Miss Alabama USA 1993- Miss Alabama Teen USA 1993- |
Miss Arkansas USA 2002- Miss Arkansas Teen USA 2002- |
Miss Mississippi USA 2002- Miss Mississippi Teen USA 2002- |
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