Miss Alabama
Type | Beauty pageant |
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Headquarters | Birmingham |
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Membership | Miss America |
Official language | English |
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The Miss Alabama competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of Alabama in the Miss America pageant.
Miss Alabamas have performed strongly at the Miss America pageant, particularly in the early 21st century, when the state produced their third Miss America, a first runner-up, a second runner-up, a fourth runner-up, two semi-finalists, and one quarter-finalist.
They did very well in the 1980s, as well, placing 1st runner-up to Miss America 1981, 3rd runner-up 1983, 2nd runner-up 1984, 4th runner-up 1986, top 10 1987, and 4th runner-up 1989. Miss Alabama was also 1st runner-up to Miss America 1979.
Alabama has won three Miss America titles: Deidre Downs in 2005, Heather Whitestone (the first deaf woman to win the Miss America crown) in 1995, and Yolande Betbeze in 1951. Betbeze is well known as the Miss America who refused to pose in a swimsuit, causing swimsuit sponsor Catalina Swimwear to pull out and start the Miss USA pageant.
Jessica Procter of Tuscaloosa was crowned Miss Alabama 2017 on June 10, 2017 at Wright Center on the Samford University campus in Birmingham, Alabama. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2018 on September 10, 2017 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Results summary
The year in parentheses indicates the year of the Miss America competition the award/placement was garnered.
Placements
- Miss Americas: Yolande Betbeze (1951), Heather Whitestone (1995), Deidre Downs (2005)
- 1st runners-up: Teresa Cheatham (1979), Paige Phillips (1981), Scarlotte Deupree (2003)
- 2nd runners-up: Frances Dorn (1945), Martha Ann Ingram (1948), Anne Stuart Ariail (1957), Pam Battles (1984), Alexa Jones (2006)
- 3rd runners-up: Peggy Elder (1947), Gwen Harmon (1953), Virginia McDavid (1954), Yolanda Fernandez (1983), Alison McCreary (1997)
- 4th runners-up: Gloria Levings (1936), Betty Jane Rase (1944), Angela Tower (1986), Jenny Jackson (1989), Melinda Toole (2007), Meg McGuffin (2016)
- Top 10: Marie Duncan (1942), Jeanne Moody (1952), Marilyn Tate (1955), Patricia Huddleston (1956), Lee Thornberry (1959), Teresa Rinaldi (1961), Delores Hodgens (1962), Judy Short (1964), Vickie Powers (1965), Linda Folsom (1966), Angie Grooms (1967), Dellynne Catching (1969), Angela Callahan (1987), Kalyn Chapman (1994), Leigh Sherer (1996), Julie Smith (2000), Jana Sanderson (2001), Caitlin Brunell (2015)
- Top 12: Anna Laura Bryan (2013)
- Top 13: Courtney Porter (2012)
- Top 15: Tommy Marie Peck (1936), Mildred Oxford (1938), Florine Holt (1939), Virginia McGraw (1941), Catherine Crosby (2004), Amanda Tapley (2009)
Awards
Preliminary awards
- Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Virginia McGraw (1941), Marie Duncan (1942), Peggy Elder (1947), Yolande Betbeze (1951), Gwen Harmon (1953), Judy Short (1964), Dellynne Catching (1969), Teresa Cheatham (1979), Angela Tower (1986), Heather Whitestone (1995), Ashley Davis (2011)
- Preliminary Talent: Gloria Levings (1936), Frances Dorn (1945), Emma Dale Nunnally (1946), Jeanne Moody (1952), Patricia Huddleston (1956), Anne Stuart Ariail (1957), Lee Thornberry (1959), Teresa Rinaldi (1961), Judy Short (1964), Vickie Powers (1965), Linda Folsom (1966), Suzanne Dennie (1971), Teresa Cheatham (1979), Paige Phillips (1981), Heather Whitestone (1995)
Non-finalist awards
- Non-finalist Talent: Anna Stange (1958), Betty Lindstrom (1960), Patricia Bonner (1963), Kathy Pickett (1979), Tammy Little (1985)
- Non-finalist Interview: Resha Riggins (1991)
Other awards
- Miss Congeniality: Toula Hagestratou (1943), Melinda Toole (2007)
- Children's Miracle Network (CMN) Miracle Maker Award: Hayley Barber (2017)
- Quality of Life Award Winners: Kim Wimmer (1993), Alison McCreary (1997), Catherine Crosby (2004), Deidre Downs (2005), Anna Laura Bryan (2013), Caitlin Brunell (2015), Hayley Barber (2017)
- Quality of Life Award 1st runners-up: Scarlotte Deupree (2003), Melinda Toole (2007)
- Quality of Life Award 2nd runners-up: Alexa Jones (2006), Amanda Tapley (2009), Meg McGuffin (2016)
- Quality of Life Award Finalists: Liz Cochran (2010)
- STEM Scholarship Award: Hayley Barber (2017)
Local pageants
As with many other Miss America state pageants, delegates first must qualify by winning a local pageant. Local titles that have produced more than one Miss Alabama are:
- Miss Leeds Area - Paige Phillips (1980), Kalyn Chapman (1993), Deidre Downs (2004), Courtney Porter (2011), Chandler Champion (2013), Caitlin Brunell (2014), Jessica Procter (2017)
- Miss Samford University - Amie Beth Dickinson (1994), Alison McCreary (1996), Jana Sanderson (2000), Melinda Toole (2006), Amanda Tapley (2008)
- Miss Cullman Area - Heather Whitestone (1994), Ashley Halfman (1998)
- Miss Homewood Area - Kelly Jones (2001), Catherine Crosby (2003)
- Miss Hoover - Liz Cochran (2009), Anna Laura Bryan (2012)
- Miss Point Mallard - Teresa Cheatham (1978), Kim Wimmer (1992)
- Miss West Central Alabama - Shannon Camper (2004), Ashley Davis (2010)
Winners
Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
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2017 | Jessica Procter[1] | Tuscaloosa | 21 | Miss Leeds Area | Vocal "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" | TBD | TBD | Previously Miss Alabama's Outstanding Teen 2013 2nd runner-up at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2014 |
2016 | Hayley Barber | Pelham | 22 | Miss Shelby County | Dance | Quality of Life Award Winner STEM Scholarship Winner CMN Miracle Maker Award |
Contestant at National Sweetheart 2013 | |
2015 | Meg McGuffin | Ozark | 22 | Miss Phenix City | Jazz Ballet en Pointe "Enigma Variation" from The Matrix | 4th Runner up | Quality of Life Award 2nd runner-up | Previously Miss Alabama's Outstanding Teen 2007 |
2014 | Caitlin Brunell[2] | Tuscaloosa | 22 | Miss Leeds Area | Dance "Let It Go" from Frozen | Top 10 | Quality of Life Award Winner | Daughter of former NFL quarterback Mark Brunell Miss Virginia's Outstanding Teen 2007 Crowned Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2008 |
2013 | Chandler Champion | Leeds | 20 | Miss Leeds Area | Jazz Ballet en Pointe "Top Secret" | |||
2012 | Anna Laura Bryan[3] | Decatur | 22 | Miss Hoover | Vocal "Sempre Libera" from La Traviata | Top 12 | Quality of Life Award Winner Duke of Edinburgh Silver Medal |
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2011 | Courtney Porter[4] | Clay | 24 | Miss Leeds Area | Tap Dance "I Got Rhythm" | Top 13 | Chosen by fellow contestants to remain in the competition as a "wild card" after not placing in the top 12[5] | |
2010 | Ashley Davis | Dothan | 21 | Miss West Central Alabama | Vocal "If I Had My Way" | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
2009 | Liz Cochran | Helena | 20 | Miss Hoover | Dance "He Lives in You" | Quality of Life Award Finalist[6] | ||
2008 | Amanda Tapley | Birmingham | 20 | Miss Samford University | Classical Piano | Top 15 | Quality of Life Award 2nd runner-up | Was awarded a "wild card" golden sash from being voted into the top 15 by the American viewing public |
2007 | Jamie Langley | Wadley | 24 | Miss Painted Rock | Vocal "Listen" | Quality of Life Finalist | ||
2006 | Melinda Toole[7] | Birmingham | 23 | Miss Samford University | Vocal "Time to Say Goodbye" | 4th runner-up | Quality of Life Award 2nd runner-up Miss Congeniality |
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2005 | Alexa Jones[8] | Andalusia | 24 | Miss Mobile | Ballet en Pointe "Fuego" | 2nd runner-up | Quality of Life Award 2nd runner-up | |
2004 | Shannon Camper[9] | Gadsden | Miss West Central Alabama | Vocal | 1st runner-up at Miss Alabama 2004 Assumed title when Deidre Downs won Miss America 2005 title | |||
Deidre Downs[10] | Birmingham | 24 | Miss Leeds Area | Vocal "I'm Afraid This Must Be Love" | Winner[11] | Quality of Life Award Winner | ||
2003 | Catherine Crosby[12] | Brewton | 23 | Miss Homewood Area | Flute "Riverdance" | Top 15 | Quality of Life Award Winner Active International For Business & Marketing |
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2002 | Scarlotte Deupree[13] | Birmingham | 22 | Miss Camellia | Vocal "Holding Out for a Hero" | 1st runner-up | Quality of Life Award 1st runner-up | The most recognized contestant for community service in the history of Miss Alabama. State winner twice, recognized all 5 years of competition at the state and local level for her work with literacy, non-contestant first alternate for community service at Miss America 2002, 1st alternate Miss America Quality of Life for her work with literacy. |
2001 | Kelly Jones[14] | Birmingham | 24 | Miss Homewood Area | Classical Piano "Ballade No. 1 in G Minor" | |||
2000 | Jana Sanderson[15] | Gadsden | 21 | Miss Samford University | Vocal "I'm a Woman" | Top 10 | ||
1999 | Julie Smith[16] | Birmingham | 23 | Miss Chattahoochee Valley | Marimba medley "Flight of the Bumblebee" & Csárdás" | Top 10 | She and her younger twin sisters Jill and Jennifer competed at Miss Alabama 1997 [17] | |
1998 | Ashley Halfman[18] | Birmingham | 23 | Miss Cullman Area | Ballet en Pointe "Everybody Says Don't" | Alabama's Junior Miss 1993[19] | ||
1997 | Beth Stomps[20] | Mobile | 20 | Miss Alabama Music Hall of Fame | Vocal "Love Changes Everything" from Aspects of Love | |||
1996 | Alison McCreary | Florence | 22 | Miss Samford University | Vocal "How Great Thou Art" | 3rd runner-up | Quality of Life Award Winner | |
1995 | Leigh Sherer | Jasper | 22 | Miss Walker County | Piano / Vocal "Medley from Carmen" | Top 10 | Current Mu Alpha Sigma Alumni (Former State and Local Contestants) coordinator of the Miss Alabama pageant under married name, Leigh Seirafi[21] | |
1994 | Amie Beth Dickinson | Miss Samford University | N/A | N/A | Assumed title after Heather Whitestone was crowned Miss America 1995 | |||
Heather Whitestone | Birmingham | 21 | Miss Cullman Area | Ballet en Pointe "Via Dolorosa" | Winner[22] | Preliminary Swimsuit Award Preliminary Talent Award |
First deaf woman crowned Miss Alabama and Miss America[23] | |
1993 | Kalyn Chapman[24] | Mobile | 22 | Miss Leeds Area | Modern Dance "The River" | Top 10 | First African-American Miss Alabama[25] | |
1992 | Kim Wimmer | Mobile | 21 | Miss Point Mallard | Vocal "Hold On" from The Secret Garden | Quality of Life Award Winner | Alabama's Junior Miss 1989 | |
1991 | Wendy Neuendorf | Birmingham | 22 | Miss Auburn University | Vocal Comedy "They Can't Take That Away From Me" | Miss Georgia Teen USA 1986[26] | ||
1990 | Resha Riggins | Trussville | 24 | Miss Alabama Music Hall of Fame | Vocal "Cry" | Non-finalist Interview Award | ||
1989 | Julie Coons | Birmingham | 20 | Vocal | ||||
1988 | Jenny Jackson | Auburn | 21 | Miss Auburn University | Classical Piano "Warsaw Concerto" | 4th runner-up | ||
1987 | Kym Williams | Birmingham | 22 | Miss All-American Bowl | Vocal "If We Only Have Love" | Assumed title after Julie Hitt resigned [27] | ||
Julie Hitt | N/A | N/A | Resigned because she felt she would not be able to fulfill the responsibilities of the title.[28] | |||||
1986 | Angela Callahan | Birmingham | 20 | Miss All-American Bowl | Piano "The Windmills of Your Mind" | Top 10 | ||
1985 | Angela Tower | Birmingham | 25 | Miss Jefferson County | Ballet en Pointe "Chariots of Fire" | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Toured with 1986 Miss America Gillette Show Troupe Mother of Miss Alabama's Outstanding Teen 2010 Scarlett Walker and Miss Alabama's Outstanding Teen 2012 Callie Walker |
1984 | Tammy Little | Section | 23 | Miss Hoover Area | Vocal "Hit Me With a Hot Note" from Sophisticated Ladies | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1983 | Pam Battles | Muscle Shoals | 21 | Miss Dixie | Piano Solo "Gershwin Medley" | 2nd runner-up | ||
1982 | Yolanda Fernandez | Troy | 19 | Miss Troy State University | Classical Piano "Fantasie Impromptu" | 3rd runner-up | Florida's Junior Miss 1980 Reporter for WFLA-TV Channel 8[29] | |
1981 | Phoebe Stone | Huntsville | 22 | Miss Eastwood | Ballet "Mame" | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
1980 | Paige Phillips | Leeds | 17 | Miss Leeds Area | Double Ventriloquism / Vocal "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody", "Swanee", & "Mame" | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
1979 | Kathy Pickett | Mulga | 26 | Miss Birmingham | Classical Vocal "Sempre Libera" from La Traviata | Non-finalist Talent Award | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe 1980 Guest Performer at Miss America 1981 | |
1978 | Teresa Cheatham | Wellington | 20 | Miss Point Mallard | Semi-classical Vocal "And This Is My Beloved" | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award Preliminary Talent Award |
Toured with Miss America USO Troupe 1979 Guest Performer at Miss America 1979 |
1977 | Julie Houston | Heflin | 22 | Miss Oak Mountain | Banjo "Beverly Hillbillies Theme" | |||
1976 | Denise Davis | Russellville | 18 | Miss Mannequins | Popular Vocal | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
1975 | Susie Vaughn | Florence | 21 | Miss University of North Alabama | Classical Vocal "Vilja" from The Merry Widow | |||
1974 | Pam Long | Florence | 20 | Miss Florence State University | Ventriloquism | Screenwriter of soap opera Guiding Light | ||
1973 | Jane Rice | Huntsville | 21 | Miss Jacksonville State University | Vocal "Tapestry" & "I Will Never Pass This Way Again" | |||
1972 | Freita Fuller | Opelika | 19 | Hula & Tahitian Dance | ||||
1971 | Ceil Jenkins | Birmingham | 21 | Miss Northeast Alabama | Vocal / Dance "But Alive" from Applause | |||
1970 | Suzanne Dennie | Birmingham | 20 | Popular Vocal "Alfie" | Preliminary Talent Award | |||
1969 | Ann Fowler | Birmingham | 21 | Vocal "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" from Fiddler on the Roof | Alabama's Junior Miss 1966 Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |||
1968 | Dellynne Catching | Birmingham | 19 | Piano Medley "Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum", "America the Beautiful", & "This Is My Country" | Top 10 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
1967 | Becky Alford[30][31][32][33][34] | Birmingham | 20 | Vocal "Ain't This a Pretty Night" from Susannah | ||||
1966 | Angie Grooms | Birmingham | 21 | Folk Singing & Guitar "Today" & "If I Had a Hammer" | Top 10 | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
1965 | Linda Folsom | New Brockton | 20 | Classical Vocal "Caro Nome" from Rigoletto | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
1964 | Vickie Powers | Mobile | 19 | Classical Vocal "Habanera" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | Featured Performer on the Miss America 1965 telecast | |
1963 | Judy Short | Birmingham | 18 | Marimba "Horst Toccata" | Top 10 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award Preliminary Talent Award |
Alabama's Junior Miss 1962 | |
1962 | Patricia Bonner | Camden | 22 | Classical Vocal "O Luce di Quest'Anima" from Linda di Chamounix | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
1961 | Delores Hodgens | Bessemer | 23 | Classical Piano "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12" | Top 10 | |||
1960 | Teresa Rinaldi | Birmingham | 20 | Classical Vocal "Addio" from La bohème | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
1959 | Betty Lindstrom | Birmingham | 19 | Dramatic Reading "Miss Quiss" | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
1958 | Lee Thornberry | Birmingham | Vocal / Dance "Honey Bun" from South Pacific | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |||
1957 | Anna Stange | Birmingham | Monologue from "Mourning Becomes Electra" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||||
1956 | Anne Stuart Ariail | Birmingham | Vocal / Dance "Ado Annie" from Oklahoma | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |||
1955 | Patricia Huddleston | Clanton | 21 | Classical Vocal "Pace, Pace Mio Dio!" from La Forza del Destino | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
1954 | Marilyn Tate | Haleyville | 21 | Ventriloquism / Classical Piano | Top 10 | |||
1953 | Virginia McDavid[35] | Birmingham | 18 | Monologue "Tara" from Gone With the Wind | 3rd runner-up | |||
1952 | Gwen Harmon | Birmingham | 19 | Vocal "A Heart That's Free" | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
1951 | Jeanne Moody | Cherokee | 21 | Dramatic Skit "Sorry Wrong Number" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
1950 | Yolande Margaret Betbeze | Mobile | 21 | Classical Vocal "Caro Nome" from Rigoletto | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Betbeze's refusal to pose in a swimsuit lead to the pull-out of swimsuit sponsors Catalina and the creation of the Miss USA pageant She died on February 22, 2016 in Washington, D.C. | |
1949 | Freida Roser | Birmingham | Classical Vocal | |||||
1948 | Martha Ann Ingram | Tarrant City | Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo'" | 2nd runner-up | Multiple Alabama representatives | |||
Marjorie Orr | Birmingham | Miss Birmingham | Competed at Miss America as Miss Birmingham Multiple Alabama representatives | |||||
1947 | Peggy Elder | Gadsden | Vocal "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Miss Dixie 1947 | ||
1946 | Emma Dale Nunnally | Gadsden | Preliminary Talent Award | Multiple Alabama representatives | ||||
Sue Delores Donegan | Birmingham | Miss Birmingham | Competed at Miss America as Miss Birmingham Multiple Alabama representatives Contestant at Maid of Cotton 1948 | |||||
1945 | Frances Dorn | Birmingham | Miss Birmingham | Tap Dance | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | Competed at Miss America as Miss Birmingham | |
1944 | Betty Jane Rase | Birmingham | Miss Birmingham | Vocal Medley "My Hero" from The Chocolate Soldier & "Lover, Come Back to Me" | 4th runner-up | Competed at Miss America as Miss Birmingham | ||
1943 | Toula Hagestratou | Birmingham | Miss Birmingham | Miss Congeniality | Competed at Miss America as Miss Birmingham | |||
1942 | Marie Duncan | Birmingham | Miss Birmingham | Vocal "I Met Him On Monday" | Top 10 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Competed at Miss America as Miss Birmingham | |
1941 | Virginia McGraw | Birmingham | Miss Birmingham | Tap Dance w/ Rope Jumping | Top 15 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Competed at Miss America as Miss Birmingham | |
1940 | Evelyn Motlow | Birmingham | Miss Birmingham | Vocal | Competed at Miss America as Miss Birmingham Multiple Alabama representatives | |||
Carolyn Louise Foreman | Montgomery | Miss Montgomery | Competed at Miss America as Miss Montgomery Multiple Alabama representatives | |||||
1939 | Florine Holt | Birmingham | Miss Birmingham | Vocal "Moonglow" & "A Little Bit of Heaven" | Top 15 | Competed at Miss America as Miss Birmingham Multiple Alabama representatives | ||
Lillian Louise Robertson | Montgomery | Miss Montgomery | Competed at Miss America as Miss Montgomery Multiple Alabama representatives | |||||
1938 | Mildred Oxford | Birmingham | Miss Birmingham | Tap Dance / Toe Ballet | Top 15 | Competed at Miss America as Miss Birmingham Multiple Alabama representatives | ||
Patricia Ann McDaniels | Montgomery | Miss Montgomery | Competed at Miss America as Miss Montgomery Multiple Alabama representatives | |||||
1937 | Almeda Ingram Starkey | Montgomery | Miss Montgomery | Competed at Miss America as Miss Montgomery | ||||
1936 | Tommy Marie Peck | Top 15 | Multiple Alabama representatives | |||||
Gloria Levings | Birmingham | Miss Birmingham | Tap Dance | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | Competed at Miss America as Miss Birmingham Multiple Alabama representatives | ||
1935 | Adelynn Owen | Birmingham | Miss Birmingham | Competed at Miss America as Miss Birmingham | ||||
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1926 | Vivian McDowell | Miss Mobile | Competed at Miss America as Miss Mobile | |||||
1925 | Nellie Kincaid | Miss Birmingham | Competed at Miss America as Miss Birmingham | |||||
1924 | Mildred Adams | Miss Birmingham | Competed at Miss America as Miss Birmingham | |||||
1923 | Louise Newman | Miss Birmingham | Competed at Miss America as Miss Birmingham | |||||
1922 | Elise Sparrow | Miss Birmingham | Competed at Miss America as Miss Birmingham | |||||
1921 | Lois Wilson | Miss Birmingham | N/A | N/A | No Miss Alabama Did not compete at Miss America |
References
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