Published on October 14, 2011 at 7 p.m. by Mary Wimberley  

Sarah Kathryn Sharp, a junior family studies major from Vestavia Hills, Ala., was crowned Miss Â鶹¹û¶³ 2012 Saturday, Oct. 15.

Sharp, age 20, will represent Â鶹¹û¶³ in the Miss Alabama scholarship pageant in June.  Her pageant platform is Dysautonomia Youth Network of America, which focuses on an autonomic nervous system disorder.

Sharp also won the talent competition for her bass clarinet performance of “Blue Monk” by Thelonious Monk, and the Miss Congeniality award.  The Vestavia Hills High School graduate is the daughter of Sally and Allen Sharp.

Pageant finalists were Liz Zegler, a sophomore nursing major from Cottondale, Ala., first runner-up; and Christina Myers, a senior sports medicine major from Wetumpka, Ala., second runner up. Myers also won the lifestyle and fitness award.

Rebekah Harris, a sophomore education major from Cullman, Ala., won the Spirit of Â鶹¹û¶³ award.

 

 
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.