Miss Birmingham

Miss Birmingham is an annual local beauty pageant sponsored by the Birmingham News which serves as a preliminary to the Miss Alabama pageant.

The Miss Birmingham contest once served as a direct qualifier for the "Miss America" competition in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In 1936, 1946 and 1948 Miss Birmingham and the winner of the Miss Alabama pageant, also sponsored by the News, both competed in the national pageant. After 1948, Miss Birmingham became a qualifier for Miss Alabama.

Winners

1921: Lois Wilson 1922: Elise Sparrow 1923: Louise Newman 1924: Mildred Adams 1925: Nellie Kincaid 1926: Vivian McDowell 1935: Adelynn Owens 1936: Gloria Levinge 1938: Mildred Oxford 1939: Florine Holt 1940: Evelyn Motlow 1941: Virginia McGraw 1942: Marie Duncan 1943: Toula Hagestratou 1944: Betty Jane Rase 1945: Frances Dorn 1946: Sue Donegan 1948: Marjorie Orr

1979: Kathy Pickett 2006: Whitney Cothran 2007: Barbara Cling 2008: Susannah Higgins 2009: Ashlee Stiglieh 2010: Haley Arrington 2011: Susan Hamm 2012: Briana Kinsey 2013: Elisabeth Chramer 2014: Chelsea Yarber

Gallery

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  Lois Wilson

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  Marie Duncan

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  Toula Hagestratou

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  Betty Jane Rase

References

• Harvey, Alec (September 8, 2014) "Miss Alabama through the years: Where are they now? Search our database for your favorites" The Birmingham News

External links

• Miss Birmingham official website