Miss Alabama 2023: Talent, evening gown winners of Wednesday’s prelim…

Miss Alabama 2023 has yet to be crowned, but this year’s competition kicked off Wednesday night with a preliminary round in Birmingham.

A total of 42 women are vying for the state title, along with scholarship money and the chance to move on to the Miss America pageant.

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Preliminary events held this week, Wednesday through Friday at Samford University’s Wright Center, will give each contestant a chance to strut her stuff in talent, evening gown, health and fitness and on-stage interview segments. The contestants also chat with the judges this week during off-stage interviews and showcase their community service initiatives.

Preliminaries also help to determine the semi-finalists who’ll compete on Saturday in the pageant finale. Lindsay Gaines Fincher, Miss Alabama 2022, will crown her successor that evening.

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