Yellowhammer State represented at Miss America: Meet contestants and judge with ties to Alabama

AREA. THANKS, ZOE. PRELIMINARY COMPETITION FOR THE MISS AMERICA AND MISS AMERICA’S TEEN ARE COMPLETE, AND NEW WINNERS WILL BE CROWNED THIS WEEKEND. WVTM 13 EMMA OWEN JOINS US NOW. EMMA, HOW OF OUR LOCAL CONTESTANTS DONE IN ORLANDO THIS WEEK. WELL, JARVIS, BOTH ALI MIMZ MISS ALABAMA’S TEEN AND ABBY STOCKARD. MISS ALABAMA HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB THIS WEEK AND THEY’VE BOTH BEEN RECOGNIZED THROUGHOUT THE COMPETITION. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. YOU CAN SEE MIMZ WAS ONE OF THREE TEEN CONTESTANTS WHO WON THE PRELIMINARY EVENING GOWN AWARD FOR THIS. SHE RECEIVED A $3,000 SCHOLARSHIP. NOW, STOCKARD WAS ALSO RECOGNIZED FOR HER HARD WORK. SHE RECEIVED THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION GO RED FOR WOMEN LEADERSHIP AWARD. THIS HONORS CONTESTANTS WHO SHOW A PASSION FOR ADVOCATING FOR WOMEN’S HEART HEALTH. NOW, IN ADDITION TO ALI AND ABBY, WE HAVE MORE ALABAMA CONNECTIONS AT MISS AMERICA. YOU’RE LOOKING AT PAGE WEINSTEIN, THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA GRADUATE AND FORMER CRIMSON. THAT WAS ONE OF THE TALENT WINNERS FROM LAST NIGHT. THIS COMES WITH A $3,000 SCHOLARSHIP. AND THIS IS SO COOL FOR HER TALENT. SHE ACTUALLY DID A COMBINATION DANCE AND BATON TWIRLING ROUTINE, COMPLETE WITH AN OUTFIT REVEAL MID ROUTINE. YOU CAN SEE THAT DIFFERENT COSTUME THERE. VERY COOL, VERY UNIQUE. WELL, NOW THAT PRELIMINARY COMPETITION IS OVER, A NEW MISS AMERICA’S TEEN WILL BE CROWNED TOMORROW NIGHT. AND THE MISS AMERICA FINALS ARE SUNDAY. YOU CAN STREAM BOTH FOR FREE ONLINE. AND FOR MORE INFORMATION, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS HEAD TO THE WVTM 13 APP OR WVTM 13.COM. AND GUYS, THIS IS SO COOL. SO IN ADDITION TO PAGE, IN ADDITION TO OUR OTHER LOCAL CONTESTANTS, THERE’S ANOTHER BAMA GRADUATE COMPETING, A MISS WISCONSIN WHO WON THE PRELIMINARY FITNESS AWARD AND ALSO IS RECOGNIZED FOR HER WORK FOR THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. SO ISN’T THAT NEAT? SO MANY LOCAL TIES. GOOD CHANC