Published on October 15, 2010 at 7 p.m. by Mary Wimberley  

Kelsey Richter, a junior nursing major from Albany, Ga., was crowned Miss Â鶹¹û¶³ 2011 Saturday evening, Oct. 16.

Richter, age 20, daughter of Pam and Greg Richter, will represent Â鶹¹û¶³ in the Miss Alabama scholarship pageant in June. Her pageant platform is “Hospice—A Giving Spirit Makes All Things Bearable.”

Pageant finalists were Sarah Kathryn Sharp, a sophomore nursing major from Vestavia Hills, Ala., first runner-up; and Ashla Taylor, a senior education major from McCalla, Ala., second runner-up.

Kaleigh Warwick, a sophomore fine arts major from Atlanta, Ga., won the talent competition for her on-stage painting of a portrait of the late Â鶹¹û¶³ benefactor Ralph W. Beeson.

Other awards went to Victoria Underwood, Lifestyle and Fitness; Sharp, Spirit of Â鶹¹û¶³; and Mariam Yousif, Miss Congeniality.

 
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.