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''For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA and Miss Universe, see [[Miss Alabama USA]].''
''For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA and Miss Universe, see [[Miss Alabama USA]].''


'''Miss Alabama''' is an annual beauty pageant which is used as a qualifier for the Miss America pageant.
'''Miss Alabama''' is an annual beauty pageant which is used as a qualifier for the Miss America pageant. It is produced by the '''Miss Alabama Scholarship Program''', a non-profit organization first incorporated in [[1991]] with offices at 2809 [[Crescent Avenue]] in [[Homewood]]. The executive director is [[Nan Teninbaum]].


The pageant was originally sponsored by the ''[[Birmingham News]]'', which already sponsored a [[Miss Birmingham]] pageant. In [[1936]], [[1946]] and [[1948]] both contests sent representatives to the Miss America pageant. Miss Alabama became the primary qualifier in [[1949]], the first year it was held in the [[Alabama Theatre]]. Similarly the "Miss Mobile" and "Miss Montgomery" pageants became qualifiers for Miss Alabama between [[1926]] and [[1941]]. Since [[1971]] all entrants must have been crowned in a preliminary local pageant. The pageant competition is currently held at [[Samford University]]'s [[Wright Center]] auditorium.  
The pageant was originally sponsored by the ''[[Birmingham News]]'', which had already been putting on a [[Miss Birmingham]] pageant since [[1921]]. In [[1936]], [[1946]] and [[1948]] both contests sent representatives to the Miss America pageant. Miss Alabama became the primary qualifier in [[1949]], the first year it was held in the [[Alabama Theatre]]. Similarly the "Miss Mobile" and "Miss Montgomery" pageants became qualifiers for Miss Alabama between [[1926]] and [[1941]]. Since [[1971]] all entrants must have been crowned in a preliminary local pageant. The pageant competition is currently held at [[Samford University]]'s [[Wright Center]] auditorium.  


Since [[1921]], Alabama has produced three Miss Americas, 21 top-five finalists and 46 top-15 semi-finalists. Two Miss Alabamas have been named "Miss Congeniality" at the national pageant. From [[1947]] until his retirement decades later all of the pageants were directed by [[James Hatcher]]. He was also selected to direct the 1960 Miss America pageant in Atlantic City.  
Since [[1921]], Alabama has produced three Miss Americas, 21 top-five finalists and 46 top-15 semi-finalists. Two Miss Alabamas have been named "Miss Congeniality" at the national pageant. From [[1947]] until his retirement decades later all of the pageants were directed by [[James Hatcher]]. He was also selected to direct the 1960 Miss America pageant in Atlantic City.  
The [[2019]] pageant was the first to be held without a swimsuit competition, following the Miss America organization's announcement that physical appearance would no longer be used as a basis for deciding winners.
The [[2020]] Miss Alabama pageant, scheduled for [[June 3]]–[[June 6|6]], was canceled due to the [[2020 Coronavirus pandemic|Coronavirus pandemic]]. The Miss America pageant had already been postponed for a year. 


== Local pageants ==
== Local pageants ==
To compete in Miss Alabama, contestants must first win one of many local pageants held around [[Alabama]]. The following is a list of local pageants in the [[Birmingham District]].
To compete in Miss Alabama, contestants must first win one of many local pageants held around [[Alabama]]. The following is a list of local pageants in the [[Birmingham District]].


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* [[1936]]: [[Tommy Marie Peck]]
* [[1936]]: [[Tommy Marie Peck]]
* [[1942]]: [[Marie Duncan]]
* [[1946]]: [[Emma Dale Nunnelly]]
* [[1946]]: [[Emma Dale Nunnelly]]
* [[1947]]: [[Peggy Elder]]
* [[1947]]: [[Peggy Elder]]
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* [[1959]]: [[Betty Lindstrom]]
* [[1959]]: [[Betty Lindstrom]]
* [[1960]]: [[Teresa Rinaldi]]
* [[1960]]: [[Teresa Rinaldi]]
* [[1961]]: [[Delores Hodgens]]
* [[1961]]: [[Delores Hodgens Howard|Delores Hodgens]]
* [[1962]]: [[Patricia Bonner]]
* [[1962]]: [[Patricia Bonner]]
* [[1963]]: [[Judy Short]]
* [[1963]]: [[Judy Short]]
* [[1964]]: [[Vickie Powers]]
* [[1964]]: [[Vickie Powers]]
* [[1965]]: [[Linda Folsom]]
* [[1965]]: [[Linda Folsom]]
* [[1966]]: [[Angie Grooms]]
* [[1966]]: [[Angi Grooms Proctor|Angi Grooms]]
* [[1967]]: [[Becky Alford]]
* [[1967]]: [[Becky Alford]]
* [[1968]]: [[Dellynne Catching]]
* [[1968]]: [[Dellyanne Catching]]
| valign="top" |
* [[1969]]: [[Ann Fowler]]
* [[1969]]: [[Ann Fowler]]
* [[1970]]: [[Suzanne Dennie]]
* [[1970]]: [[Suzanne Dennie]]
* [[1971]]: [[Ceil Jenkins]]
| valign="top" |
* [[1971]]: [[Ceil Snow|Ceil Jenkins]]
* [[1972]]: [[Freita Fuller]]
* [[1972]]: [[Freita Fuller]]
* [[1973]]: [[Jane Rice]]
* [[1973]]: [[Jane Rice]]
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* [[1991]]: [[Wendy Neuendorf]]
* [[1991]]: [[Wendy Neuendorf]]
* [[1992]]: [[Kim Wimmer]]
* [[1992]]: [[Kim Wimmer]]
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* [[1993]]: [[Kalyn Chapman]] (top 10)
* [[1993]]: [[Kalyn Chapman]]
* [[1994]]: [[Heather Whitestone]] (Miss America 1995)/[[Amie Beth Dickenson]]
* [[1994]]: [[Heather Whitestone]] (Miss America 1995)/[[Amie Beth Dickenson]]
* [[1995]]: [[Leigh Sherer]]
* [[1995]]: [[Leigh Sherer]]
* [[1996]]: [[Alison McCreary]]
* [[1996]]: [[Alison McCreary]]
* [[1997]]: [[Beth Stomps]]
* [[1997]]: [[Beth Stomps]]
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* [[1998]]: [[Ashley Halfman]]
* [[1998]]: [[Ashley Halfman]]
* [[1999]]: [[Julie Smith]]
* [[1999]]: [[Julie Smith]]
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* [[2015]]: [[Meg McGuffin]]
* [[2015]]: [[Meg McGuffin]]
* [[2016]]: [[Hayley Barber]]
* [[2016]]: [[Hayley Barber]]
* [[2017]]: [[Jessica Proctor]]
* [[2018]]: [[Callie Walker]]
* [[2019]]: [[Tiara Pennington]]
* [[2020]]: no pageant
* [[2021]]: [[Lauren Bradford]] (1st runner up)
* [[2022]]: [[Lindsay Fincher]]
* [[2023]]: [[Brianna Burrell]]
|}
|}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Marie Duncan.jpg|[[Marie Duncan]]
Image:Yolande Betbeze.jpg|[[Yolande Betbeze]]
Image:Yolande Betbeze.jpg|[[Yolande Betbeze]]
File:Gwen Harmon.jpg|[[Gwen Harmon]]
File:Marilyn Tate.jpg|[[Marilyn Tate]]
File:Anne Ariail.jpg|[[Anne Ariail]]
File:Anna Strange.jpg|[[Anna Strange]]
File:Lee Thornberry.jpg|[[Lee Thornberry]]
File:Betty Lindstrom.jpg|[[Betty Lindstrom]]
File:Teresa Rinaldi.jpg|[[Teresa Rinaldi]]
File:Delores Hodgens.jpg|[[Delores Hodgens Howard|Delores Hodgens]]
File:Patricia Bonner.jpg|[[Patricia Bonner]]
File:Vickie Powers.jpg|[[Vickie Powers]]
File:Linda Folsom.jpg|[[Linda Folsom]]
File:Angi Grooms.JPG|[[Angi Grooms Proctor|Angi Grooms]]
File:Dellyanne Catching.jpg|[[Dellyanne Catching]]
File:Ann Fowler.jpg|[[Ann Fowler]]
File:Ceil Jenkins.jpg|[[Ceil Snow|Ceil Jenkins]]
File:Pam Long.jpg|[[Pam Long]]
File:Susie Vaughn.jpg|[[Susie Vaughn]]
File:Denise Davis.jpg|[[Denise Davis]]
File:Teresa Cheatham.jpg|[[Teresa Cheatham]]
File:Phoebe Stone.jpg|[[Phoebe Stone]]
File:Yolanda Fernandez.jpg|[[Yolanda Fernandez]]
File:Pam Battles.jpg|[[Pam Battles]]
File:Tammy Little.jpg|[[Tammy Little]]
Image:Julie_Hitt.jpg|[[Julie Hitt]]
Image:Julie_Hitt.jpg|[[Julie Hitt]]
File:Kym Williams.jpg|[[Kym Williams]]
File:Julie Coons.jpg|[[Julie Coons]]
File:Kim Wimmer.jpg|[[Kim Wimmer]]
File:Kalyn Chapman.jpg|[[Kalyn Chapman]]
Image:Heather Whitestone.jpg|[[Heather Whitestone]]
Image:Heather Whitestone.jpg|[[Heather Whitestone]]
File:Leigh Sherer.jpg|[[Leigh Sherer]]
File:Jana Sanderson.jpg|[[Jana Sanderson]]
Image:Deidre Downs.jpg|[[Deidre Downs]]
Image:Deidre Downs.jpg|[[Deidre Downs]]
Image:Alexa Jones.jpg|[[Alexa Jones]]
Image:Alexa Jones.jpg|[[Alexa Jones]]
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Image:Chandler Champion.jpg|[[Chandler Champion]]
Image:Chandler Champion.jpg|[[Chandler Champion]]
Image:Caitlin Brunell.jpg|[[Caitlin Brunell]]
Image:Caitlin Brunell.jpg|[[Caitlin Brunell]]
File:Meg McGuffin.jpg|[[Meg McGuffin]]
File:Hayley Barber.jpg|[[Hayley Barber]]
File:Jessica Proctor.jpg|[[Jessica Proctor]]
File:Callie Walker.jpg|[[Callie Walker]]
File:Tiara Pennington.jpg|[[Tiara Pennington]]
File:Lauren Bradford.jpg|[[Lauren Bradford]]
File:Brianna Burrell.jpg|[[Brianna Burrell]]
</gallery>
</gallery>


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* "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Alabama Miss Alabama]" (October 5, 2013) Wikipedia - accessed November 8, 2013
* "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Alabama Miss Alabama]" (October 5, 2013) Wikipedia - accessed November 8, 2013
* Harvey, Alec (September 8, 2014) "[http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/09/miss_alabama_through_the_years.html Miss Alabama through the years: Where are they now? Search our database for your favorites]" {{BN}}
* Harvey, Alec (September 8, 2014) "[http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/09/miss_alabama_through_the_years.html Miss Alabama through the years: Where are they now? Search our database for your favorites]" {{BN}}
* Gore, Leada (May 8, 2020) "Miss Alabama competition canceled; No pageant this year." {{BN}}


==External links==
==External links==
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[[Category:Samford University]]
[[Category:Samford University]]
[[Category:Alabama Theatre]]
[[Category:Alabama Theatre]]
[[Category:Nonprofits]]
[[Category:Scholarships]]
[[Category:1991 establishments]]

Latest revision as of 13:20, 27 July 2023

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For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA and Miss Universe, see Miss Alabama USA.

Miss Alabama is an annual beauty pageant which is used as a qualifier for the Miss America pageant. It is produced by the Miss Alabama Scholarship Program, a non-profit organization first incorporated in 1991 with offices at 2809 Crescent Avenue in Homewood. The executive director is Nan Teninbaum.

The pageant was originally sponsored by the Birmingham News, which had already been putting on a Miss Birmingham pageant since 1921. In 1936, 1946 and 1948 both contests sent representatives to the Miss America pageant. Miss Alabama became the primary qualifier in 1949, the first year it was held in the Alabama Theatre. Similarly the "Miss Mobile" and "Miss Montgomery" pageants became qualifiers for Miss Alabama between 1926 and 1941. Since 1971 all entrants must have been crowned in a preliminary local pageant. The pageant competition is currently held at Samford University's Wright Center auditorium.

Since 1921, Alabama has produced three Miss Americas, 21 top-five finalists and 46 top-15 semi-finalists. Two Miss Alabamas have been named "Miss Congeniality" at the national pageant. From 1947 until his retirement decades later all of the pageants were directed by James Hatcher. He was also selected to direct the 1960 Miss America pageant in Atlantic City.

The 2019 pageant was the first to be held without a swimsuit competition, following the Miss America organization's announcement that physical appearance would no longer be used as a basis for deciding winners. The 2020 Miss Alabama pageant, scheduled for June 3–6, was canceled due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The Miss America pageant had already been postponed for a year.

Local pageants

To compete in Miss Alabama, contestants must first win one of many local pageants held around Alabama. The following is a list of local pageants in the Birmingham District.

Winners

Gallery

References

External links

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