Forty-seven contestants from around the state will arrive on Samford University’s campus June 5 to compete for the title of Miss Alabama 2016.
The Miss Alabama Scholarship Pageant will present “A Brand New Day” featuring Miss Alabama 2015, Meg McGuffin. Joining her onstage each night will be Jamie Langley, 2008 Miss Alabama.
Langley is a CBS 42 morning news co-anchor, and anchor for the CBS 42 News at Noon.
The public and press will get to meet the contestants at the annual Colonial Brookwood Village Press Party, to be held in the food court area of the mall at 12:30 p.m. on June 5.
The finalists for the prestigious Community Service Award will be announced also.
Mistresses of Ceremonies will be Miss Alabama 1997 Beth Stomps Feller, Miss Alabama 1984 Tammy Little Haynes and Miss Alabama 1994 Amie Beth Dickinson Shaver for preliminary nights and Miss Alabama 2011 Courtney Porter Orazine for the final night.
Preliminary competitions will be June 8-10. The finals will be held Saturday, June 11, at which time only the top 10 finalists will compete for the title. All events will be held at Samford’s Wright Center at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale and can be obtained by calling the Miss Alabama office at 871-6276.
– Submitted by Nan Teninbaum.