Miss Shelby County Pageant

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How to Enter

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We are so excited that you are interested in participating in the 2013 Miss Shelby County Pageant, to be held July 20, 2012 at Shelby County High School in Columbiana. All contestants must be between the ages of 17 and 23 and live, work, or go to school in Shelby, Chilton, Jefferson, Talladega, Bibb,Coosa and St. Clair Counties. Our paperwork is located below, and must be submitted by July 6, 2012 to our director, Pam Oliver at P.O. Box 1762, Columbiana, AL 35051.

We will only accept the first 20 contestants.

Please send a copy of your transcript so that I can forward it to Troy University for a chance at a wonderful scholarship.

A check for 50.00 must be sent with paper work and is refundable after the pageant.

This year we are excited to add two new scholarships Troy University and Sonya Lefkovits Community Service.

Each contestants that wants to apply for the Sonya Lefkovits Community Service Award ($500.00)must complete a form, write a essay and submit their scrapbook(if applicable).

Contestants will attend a get acquainted tea party on Tuesday, July 10, at 6:00 p.m., and there is one required rehearsal on July 19, at 6:00. Interviews will be held on the afternoon of July 20, and the pageant will begin at 7:00 that night. Please contact our director with any questions: Pam Oliver 205-283-1893.

Yes, I want to be a contestant!

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Miss Shelby County 2012

Sydnii Todd

1st Runner Up - Kelsey Richter, 2nd Runner Up - MeshelleStringer,
3rd Runner Up - Whnitney Curtis, 4th Runner Up - Amanda Ford

Meschelle Stringer

Sonya Letkovits Community Service

Vignette Club

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"Building friendships to help communities” is the mission of the Vignette Club, a group of 38 women from south Shelby County. The Vignette Club was organized in 1949 by the Culture Club of Columbiana and federated in 1950. It is a member of the Alabama Federation of Women’s Clubs and General Federation of Women’s Clubs whose missions are “Changing Lives and Changing Communities”, and “Unity in Diversity”. The Alabama Federation of Women’s Clubs was organized in 1895 and admitted to the General Federation in 1907. The AFWC has been a supporter of the Miss Alabama Pageant since 1953. Each year the Miss Alabama contestants kick off their week with a luncheon at the AFWC headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama.

One of the most important ways that the Vignette Club fulfills its mission statement is to produce the Miss Shelby County Pageant. The Miss Shelby County Pageant is affiliated with the Miss Alabama and Miss America Pageants which have awarded over 45 million dollars in scholarships since its inception. Young women between the ages of 17 and 24 from all areas of Shelby County are eligible to compete for the title of Miss Shelby County, who will then compete in the Miss Alabama Pageant. Each participate must have a platform which displays her interest in improving some facet of life. She must adhere to the Miss America rules as well as possess high morals, talent, leadership, and educational goals. Three of our former Miss Shelby County winners have gone to become Miss Alabama, Amie Beth Dickinson Shaver, Deidre Downs Gunn, and Liz Cochran. Deidre Downs Gunn, who was Miss Shelby County 2000 and Miss Alabama 2004, went on to become Miss America in 2005.

Since 1987, the Vignette Club has been a part of the Miss Shelby Pageant to provide scholarships to deserving young women of Shelby County and to provide funds to support local community needs. The members secure local business sponsorships to sponsor the pageant and solicit scholarship donors to benefit the winners. In the last three years almost $36,000 in scholarship money, tuition, and gifts has been awarded to the Miss Shelby County winners. Miss Shelby County represents the people of Shelby County as an ambassador who attends parades, speaks at civic clubs, and visit local schools to promote civic duty and positive community influence.

The Vignettes also raise funds through advertisements for the Miss Shelby County Program as well as ticket sales to support Shelby County community projects. In the past three years, The Vignette Club has returned thousands of dollars to Shelby County to benefit local schools, the Safe House, the Academy of Fine Arts of Shelby County, the Owens House, The Jeanette Niven House, as well as other non-profit organizations. It has provided scholarships to Shelby County High School students to attend Girl’s State and Alabama Youth Leadership.

Each Vignette works hard not only selling ads, but contributing time and talents to help with the Miss Shelby County Pageant components such as set design, designing programs, and taking care of the contestants during the week of the event. The Vignette Club is proud to sponsor the Miss Shelby County Pageant each year to provide scholarships to deserving Shelby County young women and to support local community’s projects.

For more information about the Vignette Club, please contact our current president, Tresa House at mailto:phyllfrench@aol.com.

Contact Us

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You may contact the Vignette Club of Columbiana regarding the Miss Shelby County Pageant by writing to:

Vignette Club
c/o Pam Oliver
P.O. Box 1762
Columbiana, AL 35051

or by phoning:
Pam Oliver, 205.283-1893 or via e-mail at poliver@shelbyed.k12.al.us

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Past Winners

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The Vignette Club of Shelby County wishes to salute the young women who are previous winners of the Miss Shelby County Pageant. We would like this page to reflect the achievements of each Miss Shelby County, including a photograph, accomplishments during her reign, and current activities. If you know of a past winner whose picture or information is not shown below, please contact us, we'd love to include her!

Megan Picklesimer - Miss Shelby County 2011

Ashlee Stiglich - Miss Shelby County 2010

Jessica Andrews - Miss Shelby County 2009

Liz Cochran - Miss Shelby County 2008 & Miss Alabama 2009

Melissa Harbison - Miss Shelby County 2007

Susannah Higgins - Miss Shelby County 2006

Katie Boyd - Miss Shelby County 2005

Crystal Bedwell Langford, Miss Shelby County 2004

Whitney Weldon Mosley - Miss Shelby County 2003

Kristen Hilliard Bagwell - Miss Shelby County 2002

Katietie Carradine McNeil - Miss Shelby County 2001

Deidre Downs Gunn - Miss Shelby County 2000 & Miss America 2005

Mollye Yates - Miss Shelby County 1999

Sara Jane Ketcham - Miss Shelby County 1998

Haley Spates Mims - Miss Shelby County 1997

Melody Arledge Byrne - Miss Shelby County 1996

Bethany Pearson Ivey, Miss Shelby County 1995

Emily Bell Casey - Miss Shelby County 1994

Marli Erwin McIntire - Miss Shelby County 1993

Amie Beth Dickinson Shaver - Miss Shelby County 1992 & Miss Alabama 1994

Amy Jennings - Miss Shelby County 1991

Teresa Chappell - Miss Shelby County 1990

Rebecca Dewberry - Miss Shelby County 1989

Donnalee Davis Blankenship - Miss Shelby County 1988