Miss Alabama 2024: Get to know contestants representing Central Alabama this week (2024)

"I am the older sister to four younger brothers. Coming from a household of five children, I’ve learned a lot about leadership by example and humility. I spend a lot of time at the baseball field, but I wouldn’t have it any other way."

What's your favorite part of competition and why?

"Interview is always one of my favorite portions of competition. I thoroughly enjoy sharing my heart and plans with the judges, and am so thrilled to interview for the job of Miss Alabama so soon."

What's your Miss Alabama Service Initiative?

What's your Miss Alabama Service Initiative?

"My service initiative is called 'Jayla’s Justice: An Anti-Bullying Campaign.' As a survivor of bullying, I use my initiative to advocate for victims and provide schools and communities with resources to implement bullying prevention strategies."

"Interesting fact about me, I performed at Carnegie Hall in NYC last March with JSU's A Cappella Choir. Coolest day ever."

What's your favorite part of competition and why?

"As a performance major, I will always love talent but my close second favorite is interview. I love any opportunity to speak about my Service Initiative, 'Music is Medicine.' I'm so excited to share my passion with the judges in just one week."

What's your Miss Alabama Service Initiative?

"My Service Initiative, Music is Medicine, educates on music's health benefits. I started Music is Medicine when my grandmother was diagnosed with Dementia as a way to connect and communicate with her. After her passing in October, I have continued Music is Medicine to educate all ages on how powerful music can be with our health. Using the gift that God gave me to perform and share my love of music has been such a blessing and something I will always be grateful for."

"I am a huge NASCAR fan. I grew up watching it with my grandfather. Watching sports, including racing, was one of the ways we bonded."

What's your favorite part of competition and why?

"I love the sisterhood. Spending the week with some of the most well-rounded, passionate women in the state is amazing to me. This is not your stereotypical idea of catty behavior and intense competition. It’s an environment of love and support. I’m grateful to be part of an organization that supports and empowers women not just as individuals but collectively. The Miss America Opportunity has truly changed my life. The sisterhood you find through that opportunity has brought me friendships I will cherish for a lifetime."

What's your Miss Alabama Service Initiative?

'Stomping Out ALS One Step at a Time' is my service initiative that I began about seven years ago. My grandfather battled a disease called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) for 22 years. I grew up watching this disease take over his body and served as a young caregiver for him. I work to increase awareness of ALS and increase funding for research. The whole idea behind Stomping Out ALS is that the smallest steps can make the biggest differences. You can educate yourself, make a small donation, or participate in a community event and have a huge impact on the movement to find a cure for ALS. Those seemingly small individual actions become huge, collective change."

"An interesting fact about me is that I grew up on the water while my entire family were scuba divers and I live on the lake, but I still can’t swim."

What's your favorite part of competition and why?

"My favorite part of competition is talent. I have been performing country music in the professional setting since I was 14 years old and spent three years in Nashville with my own band. I also feel like my talent stands out a little because it is so rare to hear country music in the Miss America Opportunity."

What's your Miss Alabama Service Initiative?"I founded my social impact initiative, 'F-O-S-T-E-R Spells Family,' in 2021 shortly after my niece, Vala, was adopted out of the foster system. I have dedicated this organization to helping young children prepare for their lives post-foster care. I was even fortunate enough to raise enough money to send a young girl graduating high school to cosmetology school. I believe that with the help of the Miss America Opportunity, I can work with state governments to provide additional funding for foster children after they age out of the system."

What's an interesting fact about you?

"I live on a farm. We have lots of sweet animals, but my favorite is one of our horses, Mufasa."

What's your favorite part of competition and why?

"I absolutely love talent. Singing and performing for an audience is one of my greatest passions. I have so much fun anytime I’m on a stage, and I can’t wait to perform at the Wright Center so soon."

What's your Miss Alabama Service Initiative?

"My service initiative is 'Buckets of Smiles: Advocating for Children with Cancer.' Buckets of Smiles is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that I founded at 15 years old to meet the immediate needs of childhood cancer patients through delivering buckets full of hospital-approved activity items. To date, Buckets of Smiles has grown to 21 states and Washington, D.C., raised over $60,000 for families and children battling cancer, and lobbied for change on Capitol Hill."

What's an interesting fact about you?

"My sister and I are both Miss Alabama Class of 2024 contestants. She was in Miss Alabama’s Teen 2024, and I am in Miss Alabama 2024."

What's your favorite part of competition and why?

"I am most excited about on-stage conversation. It gives me the opportunity to share with the judges and all in attendance my passions within my service initiative, 'Kindness Cures.' It gives me a platform to share with a large audience the difference that a little kindness can make, especially during the cancer journey. Kindness is a gift than anyone can understand and that all can give, which is what is so unique about my SI."

What's your Miss Alabama Service Initiative?

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"An interesting fact about me is that I tore both of my ACLs. The recovery process following these injuries inspired me to become a physical therapist."

What's your favorite part of competition and why?

"My favorite part of competition is definitely talent. I have been a dancer for seventeen years and l love to share my passion for performing through my dance on the Miss Alabama stage."

What's your Miss Alabama Service Initiative?

"Did you know that Alabama ranked 42nd in the country in the volunteering and service category in recent studies? In Alabama, we are in desperate need of empowering our younger generation to take leadership roles and serve in the community. My community service initiative, 'Champions SERVE,' promotes volunteerism and community service within the state of Alabama, inspiring and empowering my generation through impactful experiences to gain leadership skills and contribute to their communities."

"An interesting fact about me is that I’m actually not from Alabama. I was born in West Virginia and moved down to Fairhope, Alabama when I was 8 years old.”

What's your favorite part of competition and why?

“My favorite part of competition is talent. I’m a baton twirler and performing is definitely one of my passions. I’m a feature twirler at the University of South Alabama and I’m a retired competitive twirler, and I love bringing those twirling elements to the stage.”

What's your Miss Alabama Service Initiative?

“My service initiative is called 'Adolescent Wellness Checkups.' I promote the importance of yearly wellness exams and the intersection of physical and mental health. After losing my mother to suicide at age 7 and being diagnosed with pediatric cancer at age 14 through a wellness checkup, I became inspired to share my story in any way possible. I’ve partnered with multiple organizations across the state, like Children’s of Alabama and the Alabama Department of Mental Health. I’ve worked with Governor Kay Ivey to create Adolescent Wellness Checkup Day in the state of Alabama, and I’ve (written) and published my very own children’s coloring book titled ‘Bee Healthy: Encouraging Children’s Healthy Habits.’

What's an interesting fact about you?

"I was in the Disney College Program. Through my involvement with the DCP, I was able to work as an intern at Walt Disney World Resort and live in Orlando, Florida through the spring and summer of 2022."

What's your favorite part of competition and why?

"Evening gown is my favorite, hands down. It’s such a special feeling when I’m comfortable and confident in a dress that makes me feel beautiful, empowered and strong. I think that’s the closest I’ll get to being a princess."

What's your Miss Alabama Service Initiative?

"I am an avid chicken farmer. I absolutely love raising chickens. My favorite kind of chickens are Red Leghorns and Rhode Island Reds."

What's your favorite part of competition and why?

"My favorite part of competition is definitely talent and evening gown. I feel like those two parts of competition really get to showcase who I am as an individual, and the hard work that goes into choosing what I feel like characterizes me makes it that much more special."

What's your Miss Alabama Service Initiative?

"My social Impact initiative, 'Food For Thought,' advocates for childhood food insecurities and deprivations, creating different opportunities and food drives in schools, churches, and businesses throughout the community and feeding underprivileged children in the Central Alabama Area."

"An interesting fact about me is that I love to bake. I have done a homemade cake fundraiser for six years, where I bake and decorate 55 cakes in two days. This fundraiser has helped me achieve many of my accomplishments."

What's your favorite part of competition and why?

"My favorite part of the competition is definitely talent. I have been playing the piano for over ten years now, and I have been practicing everyday since I was crowned Miss Wallace State. I am so excited to perform on the Miss Alabama stage."

What's your Miss Alabama Service Initiative?

"My social impact initiative is called 'Back to Business.' This initiative focuses on the continuing need for local small business, and what an important role that STEM plays in it. It is also about including more business-type skills into the education programs."