University of Alabama students participating in the Miss UA scholarship program competition on Feb. 1 include (front row, left-right) Carrie Juliano, Leigh Sewell, Shannon Camper, Crystin Hunter, Allison Wilkes, D'anne Cagle, (back row, left-right) Rachel Laurie, Allison Duncan, Carlin Foster, Christina Carden, Alyson Smith; students not pictured include Maridi Thompson, Kate Collins, Jennifer Miesse and Jennifer Browning.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- The 2003 Miss University of Alabama scholarship program competition will be held Saturday, Feb. 1, at 7 p.m. in the Ferguson Center ballroom on the UA campus.

Fifteen contestants will compete in categories of eveningwear, swimsuit/physical fitness, talent, and private interview. The winner will represent UA at the 2003 Miss Alabama Pageant in June at Samford University’s Wright Auditorium in Birmingham.

The new Miss Alabama will then represent the state of Alabama in the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City, N.J., in September. The Miss America Organization is the largest scholarship organization for women in the world.

Tickets may be purchased in the ballroom lobby the night of the pageant or from any contestant.

The contestants are:

• Jennifer Browning, 20, a sophomore from Thomaston, Ga., majoring in communicative disorders
• D’Anne Cagle, 22, a junior from Marietta, Ga., majoring in fashion design
• Shannon Christine Camper, 23, a senior from Gadsden majoring in broadcast journalism
• Christina Carden, 19, a sophomore from Hanceville majoring in public relations
• Kate Collins, 19, a sophomore from Fayette majoring in elementary education
• Allison Leigh Duncan, 20, a junior from Tuscaloosa majoring in business management
• Carlin Rebecca Foster, 19, a sophomore from Birmingham majoring in fashion retailing
• Kimberly Crystin Hunter, 19, a freshman from Highland Lake majoring in journalism
• Carrie Jacqueline Juliano, 20, a junior from Birmingham majoring in advertising
• Rachel Elizabeth Laurie, 20, a senior from Chatom majoring in finance
• Jennifer Marie Miesse, 19, a freshman from Germantown, Tenn., majoring in nursing
• Leigh Marie Sewell, 19, a sophomore from Cottonwood majoring in dance
• Alyson Lynn Smith, 20, a junior from Jemison majoring in public relations
• Maridi Leigh Thompson, 20, a sophomore from Tuscaloosa majoring in business management
• Allison Wilkes, 20, a sophomore from Tuscaloosa majoring in vocal performance