The reigning 2011 Miss Shelby County Megan Picklesimer will crown her successor, Miss Shelby County 2012, July 22 at a “Night at the Cinema”.
The 2012 Miss Shelby County Pageant will be at the Shelby County High School Auditorium in Columbiana. Miss Shelby County is a preliminary pageant of the Miss Alabama and Miss America Pageants, the largest scholarship organization for young women in the world.
Contestants must be between the ages of 17 and 23 and live, work, or go to school in Shelby, Chilton, Jefferson, Talladega, Bibb, Coosa or St. Clair counties. Contestants will attend a get acquainted tea party July 12 at 5 p.m. There is one required rehearsal July 21 at 6 p.m. Interviews will be held on the afternoon of July 22 at Shelby County High School with the pageant beginning at 7 p.m. that night.
All paperwork must be submitted by June 30 to director Pam Oliver at P. O. Box 1762, Columbiana, AL 35051.
Two new scholarships are being awarded: the Sonya Lefkovits Community Service Award ($500) and a new scholarship to Troy University (academic restrictions apply). In the last three years more than $36,000 in scholarship money, tuition grants, and gifts have been awarded to the winners.
The Vignette Club of Columbiana, a member of the Alabama Federation of Women’s Clubs, has produced the Miss Shelby Pageant for 24 years. All proceeds from the pageant are given in scholarships as well as community donations to local schools, the Safe House, the Owens House and other non-profit community services.
Last year the Miss Shelby County Pageant won the coveted Outstanding Closed Pageant Award from the Miss Alabama Organization. Past Miss Shelby Counties include: Liz Cochran, Miss Alabama 2009; Deidra Downs, Miss Alabama 2004 and Miss America 2005; and Amie Beth Dickinson Shaver, Miss Alabama 1994.
For more information and registration papers, visit www.missshelbycounty.org or contact the director, Pam Oliver at (205)283-1893, (205)668-6844 or email [email protected].