Published on October 25, 2013 by Mary Wimberley  
Miss Â鶹¹û¶³ 2014

Shea Summerlin, a junior chemistry major from Montgomery, Ala., was crowned Miss Â鶹¹û¶³ 2014 Friday, Oct. 25.

Summerlin, 21, will represent Â鶹¹û¶³ in the Miss Alabama scholarship pageant in June.  Her pageant platform is All In for Alzheimer's. She presented a piano performance of "Prelude No. 21 in B-Flat Major" during the talent competition. She is the daughter of Sandra and Larry Summerlin.

Finalists were Liz Zegler, a senior nursing major from Tuscaloosa, Ala., first runner up; and Emily Kelley, a junior elementary and special education major from Marietta, Ga., second runner up. Zegler also won the lifestyle, fitness and swimsuit competition. Kelley also received the Spirit of Miss Â鶹¹û¶³ award, voted on by contestants and pageant staff.

Lauren Marino, a junior vocal performance major from Birmingham, won the talent competition for her operatic performance of "Quando Men Vo."

 

 
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.