Miss Alabama 2025: Emma Terry, Miss Hoover, wins the crown

Emma Terry is the new Miss Alabama.

Terry, 22, was crowned on Saturday evening at the Wright Center at Samford University in Birmingham. She contributed as Miss Hoover, beating 42 other candidates for the title of State 2025. Terry will represent the Alabama at Miss America competition.

Mess resumes the role of Miss Alabama of Abbie StégardTHE 2024 winner. Storuard left to become Miss America Earlier this year and continues his reign as a national holder. Stégard crowned his successor at the Wright Center on Saturday and presented a bouquet of roses in Terry.

“I am at the top of the world,” Terry said at Al.com after his victory. “I can’t believe it. I have this dream since the age of 14, and it’s surreal. I am so honored, so blessed. I just knew it was going to be in the hands of the Lord, that it was up to the plan of God, and I put everything in it, all that I had. ”

Terry, from Leeds, is a UAB graduate who obtained a baccalaureate and a master’s degree in accounting. She was Miss Alabama’s finalist 2023 And 2024and named Miss Alabama’s teenager 2021. (Terry was initially the first finalist at Marcelle Leblanc in the competition for adolescents, which is linked to the Organization of Miss Alabama. She has taken up the state title When Leblanc went to win Miss America’s Teen.)

“This organization has really changed my life,” said Terry from the scene on Saturday, praising Miss Alabama’s “brotherhood” and showing memories she has made during the participation in competitions in recent years.

The one year reign of the new Miss Alabama begins immediately. She will make public appearances, will do charity work, will speak of community groups, motivate students and more. The initiative of the community service of Terry tramples the SLA one step at a time.

“I look forward to everything,” said Terry. “There are so many memories that Miss Alabama can do. There is the inheritance you can establish, the unique things you can do.… I’m just excited to be Miss Alabama. ”

Mess was one of the 13 semi-finalists chosen during the competition finals on Saturday, competition in talent-oriented segments, interviews, evening dress and health and physical form. For talent, she made a point routine at “Flashdance”.

“To share the scene with so many incredible, talented women and good heart was an honor that I will never forget,” said Terry in a Instagram post On Saturday, just hours before the final. “I am so grateful to the people who poured into me, prayed over me and supported me at every stage.”

Three series of preliminary competitions for Miss Alabama 2025 took place from Wednesday to Wright Center Wednesday to Friday, giving the 43 candidates a chance to strut in talents, evening dresses, health and physical form and interview segments on stage. The candidates also discussed with the judges this week during the interviews outside the stage and presented their initiatives for community service.

Terry won two preliminary prizes this week, winning the best scores in the Preliminary evening dress Wednesday and the preliminary talent Friday.

The scores received in the preliminaries were used to create a composite score that was taken into account by the judges on Saturday and weighted as 30% of the score of each competitor in the final. This was added to Saturday scores in talents, evening dresses and health and physical form (each weighted at 20%) and the question on stage (10%).

Miss Alabama, like the Miss America organization, More swimsuit competitions. It was eliminated in Miss America In 2018, and Miss Alabama followed suit in 2019. However, a health and fitness segment was added and models of sportswear designed for the Miss America organization.

In addition, the competition for choosing people this year allowed the public to Vote online For their favorite candidates before the Miss Alabama final. Each vote costs $ 1. The candidate with the most votes obtained a place among the 13 best semi-finalists on Saturday.

The first 13 semi-finalists of this year were:

• Chloé YatesMiss Birmingham
• Rylie Dewley, Miss Eastern Shore
• Jada WinstonMiss Iron City
• Hannah AdamsMiss Phenix City
• Emily Morring, County of Miss Marshall
• Abby Sosa, Miss Hidden River
• Lauren VanceMiss Tennessee Valley
• Emma Terry, Miss Hoover
• Ruby Tilghman, Miss University of Alabama
• EVIE SMITHMiss Vestavia Hills
• Jayla DuncanMiss Samford
• Reagan Hanson, Miss Trussville
• Emma WaltersMiss West Alabama

Later on Saturday, the list of finalists was carved in the first five. They were:

• Emma TerryMiss Hoover (winner)
• Hannah AdamsMiss Phenix City (first finalist)
• Ruby Tilghman, Miss University of Alabama (second finalist)
• Lauren VanceMiss Tennessee Valley (third finalist)
• Abby Sosa, Miss Hidden River (fourth finalist)

Although the sumptuous activity on stage is the most public aspect of the Miss Alabama competition, there are important scholarships behind the scenes. The cash scholarships in various categories are awarded to candidates during the competition week, totaling $ 142,670 this year, according to the Miss Alabama competition guide.

The title of Miss Alabama is delivered with a scholarship of $ 15,000. The first finalist receives $ 5,000; The second finalist receives $ 3,000; The third finalist obtains $ 2,500; The fourth runner receives $ 2,000, all in scholarships.

Other semi-finalists receive $ 1,750 each in scholarship money. The remaining candidates receive $ 1,500 each for having participated in the competition. More than 50 other cash scholarships, in sums from $ 100 to $ 5,000, are awarded by the Competition’s scholarship committee and various donors.

This week’s preliminary talent winners will receive $ 500 each in scholarship money, according to the competition guide. The winners of the evening dresses preliminaries will receive $ 300 each in scholarships.

Several colleges and state universities also offer scholarships in kind to the winner and other candidates, paying for tuition fees, costs and other expenses.

The judges of this year were David Blackledge, Cleo Coker Gravitt, Sandy Darby Thompson, Ashley Gibson Barnett and Darris Waren.

Courtney Porter Orazine, Miss Alabama 2011, was the ceremonial master of the Saturday program. The agenda included stoard appearances and production numbers featuring Tammy Little Haynes, Miss Alabama 1984; Julie Coons Peterson, Miss Alabama 1989; And this year’s candidates. Songs on the agenda included “Celebration”, “I’m so excited”, “The Truth” and “Born to Fly”.

Miss Alabama’s Teen 2025Addison Shoemaker, also played in the final. Tiara Pennington,, Miss Alabama 2019-2020sang the national anthem.