By Gary Lloyd
Three Hewitt-Trussville students will compete for college scholarships in this year’s Distinguished Young Women of Jefferson County event July 19-20 at the Wright Center at Samford University.
Anabeth Friday, Amber Gibson and Taylor McLean are three of 22 rising seniors to compete.
In addition to college scholarships, the participants will be competing for the chance to represent Jefferson County at the state program in Montgomery.
The Distinguished Young Woman of Jefferson County program is open to the public and tickets may be purchased in advance through any participant or at the Wright Center box office, which will open one hour prior to each performance. The preliminaries will be Friday, July 19 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, July 20 at 1 p.m. Finals will take place at 7 p.m. on Saturday. Tickets for each preliminary are $15 and tickets for the finals are $25.
The 22 young women competing will be evaluated in the following categories: scholastics, interview, fitness, self-expression and talent. The mission of Distinguished Young Women is to positively impact the lives of young women by providing a transformative experience that promotes and rewards scholarship, leadership and talent. Distinguished Young Women last year provided more than $108 million in cash and college scholarship opportunities to participants at the local, state and national levels. Previously known as America’s Junior Miss, the program announced a new name in June 2010.
This year’s participants are Friday, Gibson, McLean, Nadia Armbrester, AllieDavid, Dani Dean, Stephanie Feng, Kierra Goins, Elizabeth Hale, Judith Hornsby, Cailyn Levant, Sarah Grace McDuff, Olivia Mims, Grace Pike, Emily Polhill, Sera Powers, Morgan Quisenberry, Jaleah Rutledge, Abby Slupe, Rachael Snow, Jane Whitaker and Hayden Yendle.
For more information, call 205-907-0210 or email jefferson@distinguishedyw.org. Members of the class of 2015 who are interested in participating in next year’s program may visit www.distinguishedyw.org or email jefferson@distinguishedyw.org.
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