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A NEW MISS ALABAMA WAS CROWNED LAST NIGHT. EMMA. TERRY, MISS HOOVER WAS CROWNED AS MISS ALABAMA. SO, EMMA, CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US THIS SUNDAY MORNING. WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT. SO HOW DO YOU FEEL? I’M I’M INCREDIBLE. I’M ON TOP OF THE WORLD. AND JUST JUST SO, SO THANKFUL. YEAH. SO TAKE ME BACK TO LAST NIGHT. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOUR NAME WAS CALLED. WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR MIND IF IF YOU WERE EVEN JUST THINKING IN THAT MOMENT, YOU KNOW, I, I WAS NOT EVEN THINKING. IT WAS JUST. IT WAS A DREAM COME TRUE. I’VE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS THIS SINCE I WAS 14 YEARS OLD. I STARTED COMPETING IN THE MISS ALABAMA’S TEEN PROGRAM AT AGE 14, AND WHEN MY NAME WAS ANNOUNCED AS MISS ALABAMA 2025, I JUST THOUGHT, OH MY GOSH, THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE. I NEVER, EVER IMAGINED THAT THAT IT WOULD. AND I’VE WORKED INCREDIBLY HARD, AND I’M JUST BEYOND THANKFUL FOR MY SUPPORT SYSTEM. THE VOLUNTEERS, AND JUST THIS ORGANIZATION FOR SUPPORTING ME EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. YEAH, AND SOME OF THESE PICTURES HERE WE’RE LOOKING AT ARE IS VIDEO OF LAST NIGHT’S PAGEANT. RIGHT. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU’VE BEEN THE RUNNER UP FOR MISS ALABAMA TWO YEARS IN A ROW OKAY. AND NAMED MISS ALABAMA’S TEEN IN 2021. SO HOW DO YOU FEEL THAT THIS ORGANIZATION HAS CHANGED YOU IF IT HAS AT ALL? THIS ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN LIFE CHANGING AND IT’S THE LIFE CHANGING OPPORTUNITIES DON’T JUST START WHEN THIS CROWN IS PLACED ON YOUR HEAD. IT STARTS WHEN YOU START COMPETING. IT STARTED WHEN I WALKED OUT OF MY FIRST INTERVIEW AS A 14 YEAR OLD, SHY, NOT CONFIDENT PERSON AND I. I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, WOW, I FEEL SO EMPOWERED WALKING OUT OF THIS INTERVIEW. I WANT TO DO THIS AGAIN. I WANT TO IMPROVE. AND THAT’S WHEN THE LIFE CHANGING OPPORTUNITY STARTED FOR ME AND MISS ALABAMA, AND BECOMING AND BEING NAMED MISS ALABAMA IS JUST AN EXTENSION OF THAT. AND I’M JUST BEYOND THANKFUL FOR THIS ORGANIZATION. THIS EXPERIENCE AND THIS OPPORTUNITY. OKAY, AWESOME. AND THEN FIRST OF ALL, WE WANT TO GET A SECOND FOR THE CROWN. RIGHT. IT’S PRETTY ON YOUR HEAD. IT LOOKS GORGEOUS. THANK YOU THANK YOU. NO I IT WAS SURREAL. I VIDEOED MYSELF PUTTING IT ON FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS MORNING. AND HOW WAS THAT? DOES IT FEEL HEAVY? IT’S A LITTLE. IT’S LIKE A LITTLE HEAVY. BUT ALSO, I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU HOLD IT IN, IT’S GOT PINS. YOU NEED A LOT OF PINS TO DO THAT YOU WOULDN’T HAVE KNOWN TO HOLD IT ON. WELL, YOU CARRY IT WELL. THANK YOU. YOU’RE WELCOME. SO, ABBY STOCKARD, RIGHT? YES. MISS ALABAMA LAST YEAR CROWNED YOU. AND THEN OF COURSE, SHE IS CURRENTLY MISS AMERICA. RIGHT. AMERICA. RIGHT. SHE BROUGHT IT BACK HOME. SO HOW’D YOU FEEL WHEN SHE WAS THE ONE THAT HAD TO CROWN YOU? ABBY AND I HAVE DANCED TOGETHER SINCE HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY, VERY GOOD FRIENDS FOR YEARS NOW, AND I. I HUGGED HER IMMEDIATELY AND JUST STARTED SOBBING. AND SHE LOOKED AT ME AND SHE SAID, YOU DID IT. AND SHE JUST SAID, I LOVE YOU. I’M SO PROUD OF YOU. AND IT WAS IT WAS SUCH A SPECIAL MOMENT FOR SUCH A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE TO CROWN ME. AND IN A MOMENT THAT I’D WORKED SO HARD FOR. AWESOME. AND SO YOUR YEAR LONG REIGN STARTS IMMEDIATELY, RIGHT? IMMEDIATELY. IT STARTED LAST NIGHT WHEN THE CROWN WAS PLACED ON MY HEAD. SO WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MOST IN THIS YEAR? I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE THINGS THAT I’M NOT NECESSARILY EXPECTING. THERE’S SO MANY THINGS THAT YOU DON’T KNOW AND DON’T EXPECT TO HAPPEN AS MISS ALABAMA, SO I’M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING THOSE MEMORIES AND IMPLEMENTING MY BUSINESS PROPOSAL AND ACHIEVING SOME OF MY GOALS AS MISS ALABAMA, AND ALSO RECRUITING MORE WOMEN TO THIS ORGANIZATION. I TRULY BELIEVE IN WHAT THE MISS ALABAMA ORGANIZATION STANDS FOR. I KNOW THAT IT’S CHANGED MY LIFE, AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE OTHER YOUNG WOMEN TO PARTICIPATE AND HAVE THOSE SAME LIFE CHANGING OPPORTUNITIES THAT I DID. AWESOME. AND ARE YOU TOUCHING ON SOME OF THE THINGS YOU RAN ON YOUR PLATFORM? THEN, WITH SOME OF THE THINGS YOU JUST MENTIONED NOW? SO MY COMMUNITY SERVICE INITIATIVE IS ACTUALLY STOMPING OUT ALS ONE STEP AT A TIME. IT’S BASED ON AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS. MY GRANDFATHER PASSED AWAY THIS TIME LAST YEAR FROM ALS. SO I WORK TO INCREASE AWARENESS AND FUNDING FOR THE ALS COMMUNITY BECAUSE I SERVED AS ONE OF HIS CAREGIVERS, I SAW THE DISEASE AT ITS MOST RAW, REAL, VISCERAL LEVEL. SO I SHARE MY STORY TO BRING HOPE TO OTHERS. OKAY. AND THAT WILL HAPPEN WITHIN THIS YEAR. AS LONG AS YOU’RE HOLDING THAT CROWN, RIGHT? YES, ABSOLUTELY. THAT’S ONE OF MY GOALS. I WANT TO FURTHER ADVOCATE FOR THE ALS COMMUNITY AND ALSO PROMOTE THIS ORGANIZATION. I’M SO THANKFUL THAT THE MISS ALABAMA ORGANIZATION AND MISS AMERICA OPPORTUNITY ALLOWED ME TO FIND MY VOICE AND FURTHER AMPLIFY THAT VOICE SO I COULD BECOME AN ADVOCATE FOR A CAUSE THAT I’M SO PASSIONATE ABOUT. AWESOME. ALL RIGHT, EMMA, TERRY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE WITH US IN STUDIO TODAY. AND WE WILL BE HEARING FROM YOU SO MUCH MORE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. BEST OF LU