Posted by Mary Wimberley on 2005-10-26

This year's Miss Samford University pageant will be held Friday, Nov. 4, at 7 p.m. in Wright Center Concert Hall. Ten contestants will compete for the title and the right to represent Samford in the Miss Alabama pageant in June.

Categories include swimwear, talent, on-stage questions, evening wear, and casual wear. The latter is a new category in state and national Miss America program competition. Individual interviews will be held prior to the pageant.

Tickets are $8 in advance at www.samfordtickets.com or $10 at the door.

Callie Aldridge, a sophomore from Tuscaloosa, and Lauren Welty, a sophomore from Carmel, Ind., are student co-directors of the pageant.

 

 
Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Samford enrolls 6,101 students from 45 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks 6th nationally for its Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.