# Miss Alabama USA

Miss Alabama USA, previously known as Miss Alabama Universe, is the beauty pageant that selects the representative for the state of Alabama in the Miss USA pageant, and the name of the title held by its winner. The pageant is directed by RPM Productions.
Alabama's most successful placement was in 1967, when Sylvia Hitchcock was crowned Miss USA. She later went on to be crowned Miss Universe 1967 as well. Alabama's most recent placement was in 2023, when Sophie Burzynski placed Top 20.
The current Miss Alabama USA is Diane Westhoven of Vestavia, who was crowned on June 1, 2024 at Jay & Susie Gogue Performing Arts Center in Auburn. Westhoven will represent Alabama at Miss USA 2024.

## Gallery of titleholders

* Sylvia Hitchcock, Miss Alabama USA 1967, Miss USA 1967, and Miss Universe 1967
* Tara Darby, Miss Alabama USA 2004
* Haleigh Stidham, Miss Alabama USA 2006
* Keisha Walding, Miss Alabama USA 2008
* Katherine Webb, Miss Alabama USA 2012
* Hannah Brown, Miss Alabama USA 2018

## Results summary
### Placements in Miss USA

* Miss USA: Sylvia Hitchcock (Miss Universe 1967)
* 1st Runners-Up: Pamela Flowers (1975), Candace Michelle Brown (1992), Michelle Arnette (2003), Mary-Margaret McCord (2013)
* 2nd Runners-Up: Doris Edwards (1953), Judith Carlson (1958), Margaret Gordon (1960), Jina Mitchell (2000), Madeline Mitchell (2011)
* 3rd Runner-Up: Pamela Rigas (1980)
* 4th Runner-Up: Suellen Robinson (1961), Kelly Hutchinson (2020)
* Top 5: Peyton Brown (2016)
* Top 10/11/12: JoAnne Henderson (1981), Candy Carley (1991), Autumn Smith (1997), Tara Tucker (2002), Tara Darby (2004), Haleigh Stidham (2006), Audrey Moore (2010), Katherine Webb (2012), Madison Guthrie (2015)
* Top 15/20: Pat Sullivan (1959), Dinah Irene Armstrong (1963), Pamela Jean Borgfeldt (1964), Leigh Sanford (1965), Claudia Robinson (1968), Hitsy Parnell (1969), Jesica Ahlberg (2014), Sophie Burzynski (2023)
Alabama has a record of 31 placements at Miss USA.

### Awards

* Miss Congeniality: Peyton Brown (2016)
* Miss Photogenic: Pamela Flowers (1975), Rebecca Moore (2007), Audrey Moore (2010)

## Titleholders
### Color key

* Winner
* Runner-up
* Semi-finalist
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local title | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
| 2024 | Diane Westhoven | Vestavia | 21 | Miss Southern Plains | | | |
| 2023 | Sophie Burzynski | Auburn | 21 | Miss Auburn-Opelika | Top 20 | | |
| 2022 | Katelyn Vinson | Dothan | 21 | Miss Dothan | | | |
| 2021 | Alexandria Flanigan | Cullman | 24 | Miss Cullman | | | |
| 2020 | Kelly Hutchinson | Auburn | 22 | Miss Auburn-Opelika | 4th runner-up | | Previously Miss Georgia's Outstanding Teen 2013 |
| 2019 | Hannah McMurphy | Tuscaloosa | 20 | Miss Indian Hills | | | |
| 2018 | Hannah Brown | Northport | 23 | Miss West Alabama | | | Contestant on season 23 of The Bachelor Star of season 15 of The Bachelorette Winner of season 28 of Dancing with the Stars |
| 2017 | Baylee Smith | Tuscaloosa | 19 | Miss Pike County | | | |
| 2016 | Peyton Brown | Eufaula | 21 | Miss Eufaula | Top 5 | Miss Congeniality | Previously Miss Alabama Teen USA 2012 |
| 2015 | Madison Guthrie | Hoover | 20 | Miss Hoover | Top 11 | | |
| 2014 | Jesica Ahlberg | Birmingham | 23 | Miss Central Alabama | Top 20 | | |
| 2013 | Mary-Margaret McCord | Gadsden | 23 | Miss Gadsden | 1st runner-up | | |
| 2012 | Katherine Elizabeth Webb | Phenix City | 22 | Miss East Alabama | Top 10 | | |
| 2011 | Madeline Grace Mitchell | Russellville | 21 | Miss Tuscaloosa | 2nd runner-up | | Later Mrs. America 2015 |
| 2010 | Audrey Moore | Hoover | 20 | | Top 10 | Miss Photogenic | |
| 2009 | Rachel Philippona | Dothan | 19 | | | | |
| 2008 | Keisha Walding | Dothan | 24 | | | | |
| 2007 | Rebecca Moore | Vestavia Hills | 19 | | | Miss Photogenic | |
| 2006 | Haleigh Stidham | Birmingham | 23 | | Top 10 | | |
| 2005 | Jessica Tinney | Birmingham | 21 | | | | |
| 2004 | Tara Darby | Birmingham | 22 | | Top 10 | | |
| 2003 | Michelle Arnette | Dothan | 25 | | 1st runner-up | | |
| 2002 | Tara Tucker | Birmingham | 23 | | Top 12 | | Previously Miss Alabama Teen USA 1997 |
| 2001 | Laura Hoffman | Birmingham | 20 | | | | |
| 2000 | Jina Mitchell | Trussville | 22 | | 2nd runner-up | | |
| 1999 | Doree Walker | Gardendale | 24 | | | | |
| 1998 | Paige Brooks | Mobile | 26 | | | | |
| 1997 | Autumn Smith | Chelsea | 22 | | Top 10 | | Previously Miss Alabama Teen USA 1993 Daughter of racing driver Stanley Smith |
| 1996 | Benita Brooks | Huntsville | 25 | | | | |
| 1995 | Anna Mingus | Enterprise | - | | | | Previously Miss Alabama Teen USA 1988 |
| 1994 | Malaea Nelms | Alexandria | - | | | | |
| 1993 | Toni Johnson | Montgomery | 22 | | | | First African-American Miss Alabama USA |
| 1992 | Candace Michelle Brown | Auburn | 23 | | 1st runner-up | | |
| 1991 | Candy Carley | Mobile | 25 | | Top 11 | | |
| 1990 | Natalie Moore | Hoover | | | | | |
| 1989 | Sheri Mooney | Pelham | 20 | | | | |
| 1988 | Rhonda Mooney | Pelham | 21 | | | |
| 1987 | Rhonda Garrett | Birmingham | 21 | | | | |
| 1986 | Heather Howard | Huntsville | 20 | | | | |
| 1985 | Allison Sawyer | Birmingham | - | | | | |
| 1984 | Kelly Flowers | Hueytown | 20 | | | | |
| 1983 | Terri Lane | Birmingham | 20 | | | | |
| 1982 | Lisa Wheeler | Birmingham | 19 | | | |
| 1981 | JoAnne Henderson | Tuscaloosa | 21 | | Top 12 | | |
| 1980 | Pamela Rigas | Troy | 19 | | 3rd runner-up | | Later Miss Ohio 1983 |
| 1979 | Rose Burch | Mobile | 20 | | | | |
| 1978 | Eva Stancil | Gadsden | 22 | | | | |
| 1977 | Cheryl Burgess | Alexandria | 18 | | | | |
| 1976 | Kyle Ellis | Decatur | 22 | | | | |
| 1975 | Pamela Flowers | Headland | 19 | | 1st runner-up | Miss Photogenic | |
| 1974 | Iva Wyna Lavis | Birmingham | 19 | | | | |
| 1973 | Diane Fouilhe | Enterprise | 19 | | | | |
| 1972 | Elaine Barnhill | Robertsdale | 21 | | | | |
| 1971 | Renee Smith | Mobile | 18 | | | | |
| 1970 | Kathy Bryant | Bay Minette | 19 | | | | |
| 1969 | Hitsy Parnell | Thomasville | 20 | | Top 15 | | |
| 1968 | Claudia Robinson | Mobile | 18 | | Top 15 | | |
| 1967 | Sylvia Louise Hitchcock | Tuscaloosa | 21 | | Miss USA 1967 | | Miss Universe 1967 |
| 1966 | Susan Scott | Clanton | 19 | | | | |
| 1965 | Leigh Stanford | Montgomery | 18 | | Top 15 | | |
| 1964 | Pamela Jean Borgfeldt | Anniston | 21 | | Top 15 | | |
| 1963 | Dinah Irene Armstrong | Montgomery | 19 | | Top 15 | | |
| 1962 | Jerolyn Ridgeway | Fort Payne | 20 | | | | |
| 1961 | Suellen Robinson | Fairfax | 19 | | 4th runner-up | | |
| 1960 | Margaret Gordon | Homewood | 21 | | 2nd runner-up | | |
| 1959 | Pat Sullivan | Birmingham | 21 | | Top 15 | | |
| 1958 | Judith Lucille Carlson | Birmingham | 18 | | 2nd runner-up | | |
| Did not compete between 1954 and 1957 |||||||
| 1953 | Doris Edwards | Birmingham | 25 | | 2nd runner-up | | |
| 1952 | Doris Edwards | Gadsden | 24 | | | | |