University of North Alabama - Diorama Yearbook (Florence, AL)

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By Jennifer Wright « • j Bobo wins achievement her dream - n Friday, November 22, Rachel Bobo walked away from Norton . Auditorium wearing the crown of Miss UNA 1997. 1 wx this junior majoring in pubUc rela- jns it was a dream come true. I came to Miss UNA as a child and I had ways dreamed of standing on that stage id wearing the crown of Miss UNA, Bobo id. Bobo is no stranger to the pageant orld. For the past two years she has won her Miss Alabama preliminaries and she IS competed in the Miss Alabama pageant Birmingham as Miss Leads Area and iss Point Mallard. It has been a long road getting to the title ' Miss UNA, Bobo says. 1 started Miss Alabama preliminaries le semester before 1 started college and 1 ive already been in the Miss Alabama igeant twice, Bobo said. I really wanted I be Miss UNA as my last time to compete the Miss Alabama pageant. The Miss Alabama pageant is not the i ly thing on her agenda for this upcoming ;ar. Bobo plans to spend most of her reign 5 Miss UNA promoting her platform, hich is sexual abstinence. I want to show the Shoals what 1 stand for and that is sexual abstinence. I plan to target students and tell them that sexual abstinence is an option even though it seems it has been forgotten, she said. Many individuals have contributed to Bobo being Miss UNA but she says her fam- ily has truly done the most. So many people have helped me get this far but my family has supported me win or lose. They have stuck with me through with all the stresses of competing, Bobo said. The reigning Miss Alabama, Allison McCreary, is a Florence native and she was the mistress of ceremonies for the Miss UNA pageant. Bobo said it was great to have Allison there when she was crowned because they have always been close friends. It was a great experience to have Allison there when I was crowned as Miss UNA because we have grown up together. It was also great for us to both be on the stage representing our hometown of Florence, she said. So far Bobo says she does not regret putting all the many hours of hard work into preparing to be Miss UNA. I will never regret all the work I had to do to get to this point. My experience in the past with going to the Miss Alabama pageant before helped to promote UNA and maybe it will give me an advantage in com- peting for the crown of Miss Alabama this year, Bobo said. This Miss UNA has the goal of winning Miss Alabama in sight and she is excited about representing the university in the pageant. The ultimate experience as Miss UNA would be for me to win Miss Alabama. It has been a long while since a Miss UNA has won the pageant and it would be great for the university, Bobo said. Bobo will compete in the Miss Alabama pageant in June 1997 in Birmingham. As for now Bobo is studying pubUc relations and marketing. She says that she would hke to one day work in a m or metropolitan hos- pital as the pubUc relations director or at a university. Other winners at this year ' s pageant were first runner-up Brandi Pennington and swimsuit winner Bethany Blanton. Bobo was also the winner of the talent competi- . ' ■ i i- . 1 A 1 If M m M m r a bH ' Ljr ' fl ' .•!... .1 - 5i INGING FROM THE HEART. First runner-up A DREAM OF A LIFETIME. Rachel Bobo eiyoys the moment of being crowned Miss UNA 19i)7 by Miss UNA randi Pennington performs The World Goes Round 1996 Laura Leigh Parker Photo by Clancy Ratliff. ir the talent competition. Pennington is a jimior who msOoring in commercial music. Photo by Clancy atliff. Miss UNA 23

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■ BEAin-Y. I lu piirtioipaiits in the Miss UNA pageant were -tliany Blanloii, swinisuil winner; Miss Alabama Allison MVi ' n ' ...vT..Vsrress of eren.onies; Rachel Bobo, Miss UNA 1997; Laura Leigh Parker Miss IJNA 1996; Brandi Pennington, first runner-up, and Beth Glass. y ' CROWD. Sophonwre Beth ( Almost Like Being in Love for the talent portion of Miss I public communication. Photo by Clancy Ratliff. 22 Miss UNA

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.! v ' ' f ' l t, •WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK. The hrothei s of KI.II gi ' llio crowd a reason to laugh during their ver- sion of Snow While and tlie Seven Dwarfs. FIJI took first place in the men ' s division and were the overall winners. Photo by Shannon Wells. ALL HAIL THE KING. The members ofRUA com- pete in the co-ed division at Step Show. They took home second place for their peifonnance King of the .linigle. Photo by Shannon Wells. By Allison Stack Organizations make Step Sing an event i 24 Step Sing