Miss Alabama USA 2023: Meet 37 women competing for the crown

Natalie Lamm, Miss Auburn, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

Sophie Burzynski, Miss Auburn-Opelika, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

Briyana Haywood, Miss Birmingham, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

Carli Kim Guin, Miss Capstone, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

Haleigh Sanders, Miss Crimson, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

Ava Register, Miss Dothan, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

Greer Gilbraith, Miss East Alabama, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

Xaira Castillo, Miss Geneva County, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

Noelia Voigt, Miss Greystone, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

Savannah Long, Miss Heart of Dixie, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

MacKenzie Marable, Miss Heart of the South, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

Kali Sturgis, Miss Hillcrest, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

Ashleigh Rye, Miss Hoover is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

Areleya McGriff, Miss Houston County, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

Randee Hinson-McCrary, Miss Huntsville, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

Jordan Golden, Miss Indian Springs, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

Alysha Carter, Miss Jefferson County, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

Allyssa Weyant, Miss Lake Jordan, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

Kaylan Colvin, Miss Lee County, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

Jasmyn Cornell, Miss Madison, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

Melody Mills, Miss Madison County, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

Cate Shirey, Miss Mobile, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

Alexis Pugh, Miss Mobile County, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

Anna DuVall, Miss North Alabama, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

Arianna Fletcher, Miss North Huntsville, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

Samantha Huver, Miss Northport, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

Hailey Holliday, Miss Orange Beach, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

Madison Gilmore, Miss Pike County, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

Autumn Moon, Miss Queen City, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

Margaret Anne McNeill, Miss River Region, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

Star Graham, Miss Seale, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

Diane Westhoven, Miss Southern Plains, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

Kerby Bartlett, Miss Tiger Town, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

Samantha Black, Miss Tuscaloosa County, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

Gracie Corcoran, Miss Vestavia Hills, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

Valerie-Taiylor Williams, Miss West Alabama, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

Jolie Money, Miss Wiregrass, is competing for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023. (Courtesy of RPM Productions)

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Thirty-seven women from around the state will compete for the title of Miss Alabama USA 2023 on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 27-28, at the Gogue Performing Arts Center at Auburn University. (See their names and photos in the gallery above.)

Tickets are $45-$100 via the Gogue Center website, by phone at 334-844-8497 or at the box office, 910 S. College St. in Auburn.

The pageant runs in tandem with the 2023 edition of Miss Alabama Teen USA; 36 young women are in the running for that.

Katelyn Vinson, Miss Alabama USA 2022, will crown her successor at the finale. Miss Alabama Teen USA 2022, AnnaLee Story, will follow suit. Neither pageant will be televised, but live streams of the Jan. 27 preliminaries and Jan. 28 finals can be viewed online at Pageants Live. Access costs $40 for a two-night package; the streams start at 7:30 p.m. CT.

How it works:

Contestants for Miss Alabama USA are judged in three categories: Personal interview, swimwear and evening gown. Miss Alabama Teen USA has an athletic wear competition instead of swimwear. but the two other components of this pageant are the same.

Voting is open online for the People’s Choice Awards, which guarantee a spot in the semifinals. You can vote for your favorites for Miss and Teen on the Miss Alabama USA website, giving them a nudge toward the state crowns. Each vote comes with a $1 fee. Voting runs through noon on Saturday, Jan. 28.

The winners will move on to compete for Miss USA and Miss Teen USA later this year. The winner of Miss USA will then compete in the Miss Universe pageant.

R’Bonney Gabriel, Miss USA 2022, won the Miss Universe title on Jan. 14 in New Orleans. She competed at the state level as Miss Texas USA.

To date, only one Miss Alabama USA has gone the distance and been named Miss Universe. Sylvia Hitchcock, who was crowned Miss Alabama USA in 1967, went on to become Miss USA and Miss Universe later that year. Hitchcock wasn’t an Alabama native -- she was a junior at the University of Alabama when she became Miss Universe -- but she helped to bring public attention to Alabama during her pageant days.

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