Beth Stomps

Beth Stomps
Beauty pageant titleholder
Born Elizabeth Laine Stomps
February 20, 1977
Education The University of Alabama
Title(s) Miss Alabama 1997[1]
Major
competition(s)		 Miss America 1998

Beth Stomps Feller (born February 20, 1977) is an American sales professional and beauty pageant titleholder from Fairhope, Alabama, who was named Miss Alabama 1997.

Pageant career

Stomps was chosen as Baldwin County's Junior Miss for 1995 and was a finalist for the state title.[2] After enrolling at The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Stomps won the Miss University of Alabama 1996 title and competed in the 1996 Miss Alabama pageant.[3] She placed among the top 11 finalists that year.[4]

In July 1996, Stomps was crowned Miss Alabama Music Hall of Fame 1996-97 which made her eligible to compete at the 1997 Miss Alabama pageant.[4][5] Entering the state pageant in June 1997 as one of 45 finalists, Stomps' preliminary competition talent for Miss Alabama was singing "Love Changes Everything" from the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Aspects of Love. Her platform was "Smart Starts in Arts: an AIDS Awareness Program".[4] Stomps won the competition on Saturday, June 14, 1997, when she received her crown from outgoing Miss Alabama titleholder Alison McCreary.[6]

Stomps was Alabama's representative at the Miss America 1998 pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey.[7][8] Her competition talent was vocal performance. Stomps was not one of the finalists for the national title.[1] Her reign as Miss Alabama continued until Ashley Halfman was crowned on June 20, 1998.[9]

As Miss Alabama, her activities included public appearances across the state of Alabama.[5][10] For two months after her reign ended, Stomps was an intern in the offices of Congressman Sonny Callahan.[11]

Education and career

Stomps is a 1995 graduate of Fairhope High School in Fairhope, Alabama.[12][13] While an undergraduate studying theater at The University of Alabama, Stomps joined Theatre Tuscaloosa and was featured in several productions, including The Secret Garden as Lily Craven,[14][15] My Fair Lady as Eliza Doolittle,[16] Man of La Mancha as Dulcinea,[17] and a production of Some Enchanted Evening which visited Tuscaloosa's German sister city, Schorndorf.[17][18][19]

She earned a bachelor's degree in theater from The University of Alabama in May 2000.[12][20] After college, Stomps spent a year as a district executive for the Greater Alabama Council of the Boy Scouts of America.[11] She then spent three years as a sales consultant with Clear Channel Radio in Jackson, Mississippi, and just over eight years selling for Bayer HealthCare.[13] Since November 2013, she is a sales specialist for Dendreon.[11]

Personal life

Her father is Louis E. Stomps and her mother is Virginia Marcelle (Mason) Stomps.[13] She has three younger sisters.[7] She married Matthew Richard "Matt" Feller on July 6, 2002.[13] As of July 2014, Stomps and her family live in the Birmingham, Alabama, area.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Miss Alabama History". Miss Alabama. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Florence girl wins Junior Miss". The Tuscaloosa News (Tuscaloosa, AL). Associated Press. January 23, 1995. p. 7A. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  3. ↑ Gray, Melissa C. (June 15, 1996). "Quest for the Crown". The Tuscaloosa News (Tuscaloosa, AL). p. 5C. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Out and About". TimesDaily (Florence, AL). July 18, 1996. p. 4D. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Miss Alabama pageant emcee". TimesDaily (Florence, AL). August 1, 1997. p. 4B. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Alison McCreary completes reign". TimesDaily (Florence, AL). June 13, 1997. p. 1C. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Wilson, David E. (September 8, 1997). "Pageant Contestants Compete With Families In Tow". Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA). Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Anticipation". The Tuscaloosa News (Tuscaloosa, AL). Associated Press. September 1, 1997. p. 1B. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Birmingham native named Miss Alabama". The Tuscaloosa News (Tuscaloosa, AL). June 21, 1998. p. 1A. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Miss Alabama Visits Bevill State Community College". The Lamar Democrat (Vernon, AL). April 22, 1998. p. 7. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Beth Feller". LinkedIn. November 2013. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Miss Alabama". Miss America. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 "Stomps-Feller". The Tuscaloosa News (Tuscaloosa, AL). May 26, 2002. p. 6E. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
  14. ↑ Cobb, Mark Hughes (December 1, 1996). "In the Garden". The Tuscaloosa News (Tuscaloosa, AL). pp. 1D, 5D. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Secret Garden". The Tuscaloosa News (Tuscaloosa, AL). December 12, 1996. p. 1D. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  16. ↑ "My Fair Lady". The Tuscaloosa News (Tuscaloosa, AL). August 23, 1998. p. 2D. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Cobb, Mark Hughes (June 9, 2000). "Theater groups set to enchant Sister City Schorndorf". The Tuscaloosa News (Tuscaloosa, AL). Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Some Enchanted Evening". The Tuscaloosa News (Tuscaloosa, AL). June 18, 2000. p. 2E. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  19. ↑ Cobb, Mark Hughes (July 10, 2000). "Some enchanted journey". The Tuscaloosa News (Tuscaloosa, AL). p. 5C-6C. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  20. ↑ "Tuscaloosa Area Residents to be Among UA Graduates". Tuscaloosa, AL: The University of Alabama. May 12, 2000. Retrieved July 29, 2014.

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Alison McCreary		 Miss Alabama
1997 		Succeeded by
Ashley Halfman