Published on October 22, 2000 at 7 p.m. by Mary Wimberley  

Scarlotte Lee Deupree of Vestavia Hills was crowned Miss Â鶹¹û¶³ 2001 Friday evening (OCT. 20).  A junior English major, she is the daughter of James and Joy Deupree.

Finalists were Misty Michelle Gardner of Holly Pond, first runner up; Carrie-Nell Folmar of Montgomery, second runner up; and Valerie Hope Childers of Powder Springs, Ga., third runner up.

Deupree and Childers tied for swimsuit honors. Folmar won the talent competition.

Deupree, a vocalist, performed the Frank Sinatra hit, "That's Life." She will represent Â鶹¹û¶³ in the Miss Alabama competition next June. Literacy is the platform cause that she will champion during her reign as Miss Â鶹¹û¶³. Her work with literacy programs earned her a Presidential Service Award presented by the national Points of Light Foundation last May.

 

 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Â鶹¹û¶³ 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, Â鶹¹û¶³ enrolls 6,324 students from 44 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. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s 35 Most Beautiful College Campuses, Â鶹¹û¶³ fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.