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June 10-12, 2021 ALABAMA THEATRE BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA SPONSORED BY THE MISS ALABAMA ORGANIZATION
Miss Alabama 2021 F E A T U R I N G
MISS ALABAMA
TIARA PENNINGTON JUNE 10-12, 2021
ALABAMA THEATRE
PRELIMINARY COMPETITIONS: Thursday and Friday 7:00 p.m.
FINAL COMPETITION: Saturday 7:00 p.m.
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Miss Alabama 202ONE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY PRELIMINARY COMPETITIONS OVERTURE OPENING NUMBER: “Living In America” ........... Miss Alabama, Tiara Pennington and Candidates Candidate Introductions “Stars Fell on Alabama”...................Presentation of Miss Alabama 2019, Tiara Pennington “God Bless the USA” ............................................................................................. Entire Cast INTRODUCTION OF EMCEE: THURSDAY – LEIGH SHERER SEIRAFI, MISS ALABAMA 1995 FRIDAY – MELINDA TOOLE GUNTER, MISS ALABAMA 2006 INTRODUCTION OF JUDGES ON-STAGE INTERVIEW – SOCIAL IMPACT PITCH THURSDAY......................................................................Sigma Group (Candidates #21-30) FRIDAY ..................................................................................Mu Group (Candidates #1-10) TALENT COMPETITION THURSDAY .............................................................................Mu Group (Candidates #1-10) FRIDAY...........................................................................Sigma Group (Candidates #21-30) Entertainment.............................................................................. Tiara Pennington, Miss Alabama ON-STAGE INTERVIEW – SOCIAL IMPACT PITCH THURSDAY ......................................................................Sigma Group (Candidates #31-39) FRIDAY ...............................................................................Mu Group (Candidates #11-20) TALENT COMPETITION THURSDAY ........................................................................ Mu Group (Candidates #11-20) FRIDAY .......................................................................... Sigma Group (Candidates #31-39) INTERMISSION (FIFTEEN MINUTES)
RED CARPET COMPETITION: “This Is Me”........................ Tiara Pennington, Candidates, Rising Stars THURSDAY ........................................................................ Sigma Group (Candidates #21-39) FRIDAY.....................................................................................Mu Group (Candidates #1-20) ENTERTAINMENT..................................Miss Alabama’s Outstanding Teen 2020, Marcelle LeBlanc FINALE: “Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow” ............................ Tiara Pennington and Candidates ANNOUNCEMENT OF PRELIMINARY WINNERS REPRISE – “Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow” ............................................................. Entire Cast 4
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Miss Alabama 202ONE SATURDAY EVENING FINAL COMPETITION
OVERTURE OPENING NUMBER: “Living in America”.......................... Miss Alabama 2019, Tiara Pennington and Candidates Candidate Introductions “Stars Fell on Alabama”.................................. Miss Alabama 2019, Tiara Pennington ANNOUNCEMENT OF TOP TWELVE SEMI-FINALISTS “God Bless the USA”.................................................................................... Entire Cast INTRODUCTION OF EMCEE – JAMIE LANGLEY HENDERSON, Miss Alabama 2007 INTRODUCTION OF JUDGES ONSTAGE INTERVIEW ..................................................................... Top Twelve Semi-Finalists ENTERTAINMENT ....................................................... Miss Alabama 2019, Tiara Pennington TALENT COMPETITION .................................................................... Top Twelve Semi-Finalists ENTERTAINMENT ...................... Miss Alabama’s Outstanding Teen 2020, Marcelle LeBlanc RED CARPET COMPETITION............................................................ Top Twelve Semi-Finalists “This Is Me” ........................................................................................... Entire Cast INTERMISSION (FIFTEEN MINUTES)
ANNOUNCEMENT OF TOP FIVE FINALISTS FINAL CONVERSATION WITH TOP FIVE FINALISTS FAREWELL ................................................................. Miss Alabama 2019, Tiara Pennington FINALE: “Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow” ..................................................... Entire Cast CROWNING OF MISS ALABAMA 2021 REPRISE “Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow” ...................................................... Entire Cast MISS ALABAMA 2021
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Miss America
A L A B A M A ’ S R E C O R D Alabama’s outstanding record of achievement demonstrates the impact that our titleholders have had at the Miss America Competition.
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Gloria Levinge .............................................................................Fourth Runner-Up & PTA Tommie Marie Peck .................................................................................................... Top 15 Mildred Oxford........................................................................................................... Top 15 Florine Holt................................................................................................................. Top 15 Virginia McGraw.............................................................................................Top 15 & PTA Marie Duncan................................................................................................. Top 10 & PSA Toula Hagestratou .................................................................................... Miss Congeniality Betty Jane Rase .................................................................... Fourth Runner-Up, PTA, PSA Frances Dorn .............................................................................. Second Runner-Up & PTA Dale Nunnally................................................................................................................ PTA Peggy June Elder ...........................................................................Third Runner-Up & PSA Martha Ann Ingram............................................................................... Second Runner-Up Yolande Betbeze ................................................................................ Miss America! PSA Jeanne Moody ................................................................................................ Top 15 & PTA Gwen Harmon.............................................................................. Third Runner-Up & PSA Virginia McDavid.......................................................................................Third Runner-Up Marilyn Jean Tate........................................................................................................ Top 10 Patricia Huddleston........................................................................................ Top 10 & PTA Anne Stuart Ariail...................................................................... Second Runner-Up & PTA Anna Stange ............................................................................... Non-Finalist Talent Award Lee Thornberry.............................................................................................. Top 10 & PTA Betty Jane Lindstrom..................................................................Non-Finalist Talent Award Teresa Rinaldi.................................................................................................. Top 10 & PTA Delores Hodgens......................................................................................................... Top 10 Patricia Bonner ........................................................................... Non-Finalist Talent Award Judy Short ............................................................................................. Top 10, PTA & PSA Vicki Powers ................................................................................................... Top 10 & PTA Linda Sue Folsom ........................................................................................... Top 10 & PTA Angie Grooms............................................................................................................. Top 10 Rebecca Alford............................................................................ Non-Finalist Talent Award Dellynne Catching.......................................................................................... Top 10 & PSA Suzanne Dennie.............................................................................................................. PTA Teresa Cheatham................................................................... First Runner-Up, PTA & PSA Kathy Jo Pickett..........................................................................Non-Finalist Talent Award A view of the Gulf of Mexico from Gulf Shores, Alabama
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Paige Phillips .................................................................................. First Runner-Up & PTA Yolanda Fernandez.................................................................................... Third Runner-Up Pam Battles............................................................................................. Second Runner-Up Tammy Little.............................................................................. Non-Finalist Talent Award Angela Tower .............................................................................. Fourth Runner-Up & PSA Angela Callahan.......................................................................................................... Top 10 Jenny Jackson...........................................................................................Fourth Runner-Up Resha Riggins.......................Non-Finalist Interview Award, Quality of Life Award Finalist Kim Wimmer .........................................................................Qualty of Life Award Winner Kalyn Chapman.......................................................................................................... Top 10 Heather Whitestone................................................................ Miss America! PTA, PSA, First Runner-Up Quality of Life Award Leigh Sherer ...............................................................Top 10, Quality of Life Award Finalist Theresa Brown Performing Arts Scholarship Recipient Alison McCreary .....................................Third Runner-Up, Quality of Life Award Winner Julie Smith............................................. Top 10, Second Runner-Up Quality of Life Award Jana Sanderson............................................................................................................ Top 10 Scarlotte Deupree .......................First Runner-Up, First Runner-Up Quality of Life Award Catherine Crosby...................................................... Top 15, Quality of Life Award Winner Deidre Downs........................................... Miss America! Quality of Life Award Winner Alexa Jones........................ Second Runner-Up, Second Runner-Up Quality of Life Award Melinda Toole ................... Fourth Runner-Up, Second Runner-Up Quality of Life Award, Miss Congeniality Jamie Langley..........................................................................Quality of Life Award Finalist Amanda Tapley ..................................... Top 15, Second Runner-Up Quality of Life Award Liz Cochran ............................................................................ Quality of Life Award Finalist Ashley Davis ................................................................................................................... PSA Courtney Porter........................................................................................................... Top 13 Anna Laura Bryan.................................................... Top 12, Quality of Life Award Winner Chandler Champion................................................................... Non-Finalist Talent Award Caitlin Brunell...........................................................Top 10, Quality of Life Award Winner Meg McGuffin....................Fourth Runner-Up, Second Runner-Up Quality of Life Award Hayley Barber ......................Quality of Life Award Winner, S.T.E.M. Scholarship Winner, Local, State and National CMNH Miracle Maker Awards Jessica Procter ......................................................Top Seven, Quality of Life Award Winner Callie Walker....................................Top Ten, Third Place National Miracle Maker Award, Theresa Brown Performing Arts Scholarship Recipient Tiara Pennington ....................................................................................................Top Seven
.PTA = Preliminary Talent Award
PSA = Preliminary Swimsuit Award A view of the Gulf of Mexico from Gulf Shores, Alabama MISS ALABAMA 2021
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Miss America ALABAMA’S THREE MISS AMERICAS
Miss America 1951 – Yolande Betbeze AN OPERA SINGER FROM MOBILE, YOLANDE WON A PRELIMINARY SWIMSUIT AWARD IN ATLANTIC CITY. AT ONCE COURAGEOUS, OUTSPOKEN AND COMPASSIONATE, SHE USED HER INFLUENCE TO PROMOTE THE SCHOLARSHIP ASPECT OF THE PROGRAM.
Miss America 1995 – Heather Whitestone A BALLET DANCER FROM BIRMINGHAM, HEATHER CAPTURED THE COLLECTIVE HEART OF THE NATION AS THE FIRST DEAF MISS AMERICA.
IN ATLANTIC CITY SHE WON PRELIMINARY TALENT AND SWIMSUIT AWARDS AND WAS FIRST RUNNER-UP FOR THE
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Miss America 2005 – Deidre Downs A SINGER FROM BIRMINGHAM, DEIDRE ALSO WON THE QUALITY OF LIFE AWARD IN ATLANTIC CITY. SHE IS NOW A REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGIST AT UAB MEDICAL CENTER, AND AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN THE
DIVISION OF REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY AND INFERTILITY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY.
MISS AMERICA WAS TRADITIONALLY HELD AT BOARDWALK HALL ON THE COAST IN ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY. MISS ALABAMA 2021 9
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More than 130 Americans die each day from an opioid overdose. Medication errors occur in over 7 million patients a year with an associated cost of nearly $21 billion dollars across all care settings. A doctor of pharmacy student and certified naloxone trainer, Camille’s year of service is dedicated to reducing opioid abuse, medication errors, and the associated mortality of both by educating across communities and demographics, from pediatrics to geriatrics. FAST FACTS: • Holds two degrees from Virginia Tech: Biochemistry and Systems Biology • Pursuing her Doctor of Pharmacy from Virginia Commonwealth University • Awarded the Phi Sigma Row Engineering Champion Award for promoting women in engineering and technical fields • Showcased the catalytic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide for her talent presentation • First time Miss America competitor • Won $77,675 in scholarship assistance through Miss America in 2019 • Lives with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome • Advocate for body positivity
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