Candace Michelle Brown

The 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, headquartered in Aiken, South Carolina. From 1993 to 2010, it was directed by the Premier Pageants group, and was the first state to be taken under this directorate. Dohn Dye and To Dye For was the Director for the 2010 and 2011 pageants, until RPM Productions took over in August 2011 headed by Paula Miles, a sister of Janice McDonald, Miss South Carolina USA 1979.

Alabama is one of the most successful and (recently) consistent states at Miss USA. Although they have had a number of runners-up, finalists, and semi-finalists, they have only had one Miss USA. Even more successfully, Sylvia Hitchcock, Miss USA 1967, went on to win the Miss Universe title. The most recent placement was Kelly Hutchinson in 2020, finished 4th runner-up.

Two Miss Alabama USA titleholders have placed first runner-up to winners from California: Candace Michelle Brown was first runner-up to Shannon Marketic in 1992; Pamela Flowers was first runner-up to Summer Bartholomew in 1975. Miss Alabama USA 2018 Hannah Brown failed to place in Miss USA, although she became famous in the starring role on The Bachelorette.

Four Miss Alabama USA titleholders were former Miss Alabama Teen USAs. Of these four, three placed better in the Miss competition than they did as teens.

Alexandria Flanigan of Cullman was crowned Miss Alabama USA 2021 on January 10, 2021 at The Hotel at Auburn University & Dixon Conference Center in Auburn. She will represent Alabama for the title of Miss USA 2021.

• Sylvia Hitchcock, Miss Alabama USA 1967, Miss USA 1967 and Miss Universe 1967 (pictured in 1968 at an Indianapolis 500 event)

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  Tara Darby, Miss Alabama USA 2004 (pictured in 2009)

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  Haleigh Stidham, Miss Alabama USA 2006

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  Keisha Walding, Miss Alabama USA 2008

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  Katherine Webb, Miss Alabama USA 2012

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  Hannah Brown, Miss Alabama USA 2018

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)

Alabama has a record of 30 placements at Miss USA.

Awards

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

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