Published on June 9, 2012 by Philip Poole  

 Â鶹¹û¶³ graduate Anna Laura Bryan was crowned Miss Alabama 2012 Saturday night (June 9). Bryan is a May graduate who earned a degree in interior architecture. She is from Decatur, Ala., and was competing as Miss Hoover.

First runner-up was 2011 Â鶹¹û¶³ alumna Susan Hamm

Bryan continues a long tradition of Â鶹¹û¶³ students and alumnae who have worn the Miss Alabama crown. Deidre Downs Gunn, a 2002 Â鶹¹û¶³ graduate, won the Miss America 2005 crown as Miss Alabama.

 
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.