All states have local beauty pageants, the prelims to Miss Alabama or Miss Texas.

She competed in the Miss Alabama's Outstanding Teen from the ages of 13 to 17.

Fox (then Betbeze) entered Miss Alabama for the scholarship opportunities the pageant presented.

Before she started in show business, she won the title of Miss Alabama in 1974.

Miss Alabama was also 1st runner up to Miss America 1979.

Local titles that have produced more than one Miss Alabama are:

Liz Cochran (born August 7, 1988) is Miss Alabama 2009.

Liz Cochran also won the following competitions prior to Miss Alabama:

Amanda Tapley is an American beauty pageant titleholder and Miss Alabama 2008.

He married Ann Fowler, a former Miss Alabama, in 1976.