Miss Alabama Abbie Stockard was crowned Miss America Sunday night after days of competition in Orlando.
Stockard, from Vestavia Hills, is an Auburn nursing student. With a doctorate, she wants to become a pediatric nurse practitioner.
Stockard, 22, has championed her community service initiative, Cystic Fibrosis Awareness. The cause became essential to her when she met her friend Maddie in third grade after watching Maddie struggle to breathe.
"It means the world that I have this opportunity to represent the state and serve those within the community and truly feel as if I am making an impact and touching the lives and the hearts of the people across Alabama," Stockard previously told 1819 News.
This is the fourth Miss Alabama win for Miss America: Deidre Downs in 2005, Heather Whitestone (the first deaf woman to win the Miss America crown) in 1995, and Yolande Betbeze in 1951. Betbeze is known as the contestant who refused to pose in a swimsuit, changing the face of the competition.
Stockard said she also wants to promote the Miss Alabama brand and attract more young women to preliminary pageants.
From the sidelines at Jordan-Hare to the stage at Miss America.
— Auburn Tigers (@AuburnTigers) January 6, 2025
Congratulations to @MissAmerica 2025, Abbie Stockard!#WarEagle pic.twitter.com/zewx6jVjdH
Ali Mims, of Alabama, placed 1st Runner-Up to Miss America's Teen Saturday night.
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