Miss Alabama USA

Miss Alabama USA

Formation	1952
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Birmingham
Location	Alabama
Membership	Miss USA
Official language	English
Website	missalabamausa.com

Katherine Webb, Miss Alabama USA 2012

Keisha Walding, Miss Alabama USA 2008

Haleigh Stidham, Miss Alabama USA 2006

Tara Darby, Miss Alabama USA 2004

Paige Brooks, Miss Alabama USA 1998

The Miss Alabama USA competition is the beauty 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 1992; Pamela Flowers was first runner-up to Summer Bartholomew in 1975.

Four 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.

The current Miss Alabama USA titleholder is Peyton Brown of Eufaula.

Results summary

Placements in Miss USA

• Miss USA: Sylvia Hitchcock (Miss Universe 1967)
• 1st Runner-Up: Pamela Flowers (1975), Candace Michelle Brown (1992), Michelle Arnette (2003), Mary-Margaret McCord (2013)
• 2nd Runner-Up: Doris Edwards (1953), Judith Carlson (1958), Margaret Gordon (1960), Jina Mitchell (2000), Madeline Mitchell (2011)
• 3rd Runner-Up: Pamela Rigas (1980)
• 4th Runner-Up: Suellen Robinson (1961)
• Top 10: Autumn Smith (1997), Tara Darby (2004), Haleigh Stidham (2006), Audrey Moore (2010), Katherine Webb (2012),
• Top 11/12: JoAnne Henderson (1981), Candy Carley (1991), Tara Tucker (2002), Madison Guthrie (2015)
• Top 15: Pat Sullivan (1959), Dinah Irene Armstrong (1963), Pamela Jean Borgfeldt (1964), Leigh Sanford (1965), Claudia Robinson (1968), Hitsy Parnell (1969)
• Top 20: Jesica Ahlberg (2014)

Awards

• Miss Photogenic: Pamela Flowers (1975), Rebecca Moore (2007), Audrey Moore (2010)

Winners

Color key

•      Declared as Winner
•      Ended as runner-up
•      Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

Year	Name	Hometown	Age	Placement at Miss USA	Special Awards at Miss USA	Notes
2017	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
2016	Peyton Brown[1]	Eufaula	21	TBA		Previously Miss Alabama Teen USA 2012 & Top 16 Miss Teen USA 2012[2]
2015	Madison Guthrie	Hoover	20	Top 11
2014	Jesica Ahlberg	Birmingham	23	Top 20
2013	Mary-Margaret McCord	Gadsden	23	1st Runner-Up		Previously 3rd Runner-Up at Miss Alabama USA 2011 & 1st Runner-Up at Miss Alabama USA 2012
2012	Katherine Webb[3]	Phenix City	23	Top 10
2011	Madeline Mitchell[4]	Russellville	22	2nd Runner-Up		Later Mrs. America 2015
2010	Audrey Moore	Hoover	20	Top 10	Miss Photogenic
2009	Rachel Philippona	Dothan	19
2008	Keisha Walding	Dothan	24
2007	Rebecca Moore	Vestavia Hills	19		Miss Photogenic	Previously 1st Runner-Up at Miss Alabama Teen USA 2006
2006	Haleigh Stidham	Birmingham	23	Top 10
2005	Jessica Tinney	Birmingham	21			Previously 1st Runner-Up at Miss Alabama Teen USA 2002
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	Gardendale
1998	Paige Brooks	Mobile
1997	Autumn Smith	Chelsea	22	Top 10, finished 8th at Miss USA 1997		Previously Miss Alabama Teen USA 1993
1996	Benita Brooks	Huntsville	25
1995	Anna Mingus	Enterprise				Previously Miss Alabama Teen USA 1988, 4th runner up at Miss Teen USA 1988
1994	Malaea Nelms	Florence
1993	Toni Johnson	Mobile	22			First African-American Miss Alabama USA
1992	Candace Michelle Brown	Auburn		1st runner-up
1991	Candy Carley	Mobile		Top 11, finishing in 8th place		Had her crown and clothes bought in preparation for the Miss USA pageant stolen from her car prior to the national pageant.[5]
1990	Natalie Moore	Hoover
1989	Sheri Mooney	Pelham
1988	Rhonda Mooney	Pelham
1987	Rhonda Garrett	Birmingham				Former director of the Miss Alabama USA, Miss Alabama Teen USA, Miss Arkansas USA, Miss Arkansas Teen USA, Miss Mississippi USA, and Miss Mississippi Teen USA pageants under her married name, Rhonda Garrett-Gilliam
1986	Heather Howard	Huntsville
1985	Allison Sawyer	Birmingham
1984	Kelly Flowers	Hueytown
1983	Terri Lane	Birmingham
1982	Lisa Wheeler	Birmingham				Miss Teen All American 1980
1981	JoAnne Henderson	Tuscaloosa		Top 12, finishing in 6th place		semifinalist in Miss World USA 1980
1980	Pamela Helean Rigas	Troy/Canfield,Ohio		3rd runner-up		Later Miss Ohio 1983, 4th runner up at Miss America 1984, Ohio's Junior Miss 1978
1979	Rose Burch	Mobile
1978	Eva Stancil	Gadsden				Stancil was arrested in 1977 for possessing cocaine and marijuana with intent to distribute.[6] She was fired as head of the New Orleans Saints cheerleading squad in 1978 for failing to disclose this information.[7]
1977	Cheryl Burgess	Anniston
1976	Kyle Ellis	Decatur
1975	Pamela Flowers	Headland		1st runner-up	Miss Photogenic
1974	Iva Wyna Lavis	Birmingham
1973	Diane Fouilhe	Enterprise
1972	Elaine Barnhill	Robertsdale
1971	Renee Smith	Mobile
1970	Kathy Bryant	Bay Minette
1969	Hitsy Parnell	Thomasville		Top 15
1968	Claudia Robinson	Mobile		Top 15
1967	Sylvia Hitchcock	Tuscaloosa/Miami,Fla.	21	Miss USA 1967		Miss Universe 1967
1966	Susan Scott	Clanton
1965	Leigh Stanford	Montgomery		Top 15
1964	Pamela Jean Borgfeldt	Anniston		Top 15
1963	Dinah Irene Armstrong	Montgomery		Top 15
1962	Jerolyn Ridgeway	Ft. Payne				1st runner-up in the 1961 Miss Sun Fun USA Pageant
1961	Suellen Robinson	Fairfax		4th Runner-up
1960	Margaret Gordon	Homewood		2nd runner-up
1959	Pat Sullivan	Birmingham		Top 15		Competed in the 1960 Miss Dixie Pageant
1958	Judith Lucille Carlson	Birmingham		2nd runner-up
1953^2	Doris Edwards	Birmingham		2nd runner-up
1952	Doris Edwards	Gadsden

¹ Age at the time of the Miss Alabama USA pageant

² No titleholder was elected 1954-1957

References

1. Sutton, Amber (November 7, 2015). "Peyton Brown, of Eufaula, crowned Miss Alabama USA 2016". The Huntsville Times (Huntsville, AL: Advance Publications). Retrieved November 11, 2015.
2. "Alabama - Peyton Brown". Miss Teen USA. 2012. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
3. Schwab, Frank (December 27, 2012). "Crimson Tide quarterback AJ McCarron is apparently dating Miss Alabama, an Auburn alum". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
4. Milligan, Cheryl (November 30, 2010). "Miss Alabama Prevails After Tragic Crash". TimesDaily (Florence, AL).
5. Greer, Richard (December 23, 1990). "Miss Alabama USA loses crown - and her clothes". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Atlanta, GA). p. B03.
6. "Saints quell Angel cheers". The Globe and Mail (Toronto). United Press International. October 7, 1978. p. P53.
7. "ROUNDUP Theismann signs deal with 'Skins". The Globe and Mail (Toronto). April 15, 1982. p. S6.

External links

• Official website