Jamie Leigh Langley is Miss Alabama

Miss Alabama

The Miss Alabama competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of Alabama in the Miss America pageant.Miss Alabamas have performed strongly at the Miss America pageant, particularly in the early 21st century, when the state produced their third Miss America, a first...

 2007, a news anchor for WAKA CBS 8, and toured the state as a motivational speaker, spokeswoman, advocate and performer. She participated in Miss America in January 2008.

Biography

Jamie Langley co-anchors CBS 8 News at 5:00 and reports. She joined CBS 8 in January 2009. Jamie is a native of the town of Wadley, Alabama

Wadley, Alabama

Wadley is a town in Randolph County, Alabama, United States. It is home to the Wadley campus of Southern Union State Community College. As of the 2000 census, the population of the town is 640.-Geography:Wadley is located at ....

, located in the east central part of the state. She attends Jacksonville State University

Jacksonville State University

Jacksonville State University is a regional public coeducational university located in Jacksonville, Alabama, USA. Founded in 1883, Jacksonville State offers programs of study in four academic units leading to Bachelor's, Master's, and Education Specialist degrees, in addition to continuing and...

. Past work has included television program hosting, advertising, modeling, and multiple volunteer positions. She participated in Miss America in January 2008. She was named Quality of Life finalist, a community service award, and was second in the nation for the most fundraising for the Children's Miracle Network. Jamie volunteers with the American Heart Association

American Heart Association

The American Heart Association is a non-profit organization in the United States that fosters appropriate cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability and deaths caused by cardiovascular disease and stroke. It is headquartered in Dallas, Texas...

, Children's Miracle Network

Children's Miracle Network

The Children's Miracle Network Hospitals is an international non-profit organization that raises funds for children's hospitals, medical research and community awareness of children's health issues. The organization, founded in 1982 by the Osmond family and John Schneider, is headquartered in...

, Samaritan's Purse

Samaritan's Purse

Samaritan's Purse is a non-denominational evangelical Christian humanitarian organization that works worldwide to assist people in physical need alongside their Christian missionary work. The organization’s president is Franklin Graham, son of Christian evangelist Billy Graham...

 and the American Cancer Society

American Cancer Society

The American Cancer Society is the "nationwide community-based voluntary health organization" dedicated, in their own words, "to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and...

. Her accomplishments include judicial magistrate for the Randolph County District Court; Creator of a Girl Scout Patch program; writer and on-air talent for multiple AHA public service announcements; Model for the Atlanta Apparel Mart, Sears, and Macy's Modeling School and Agency; and three-year vocal performer at Carnegie Hall.

Competitions

Langley won the 2007 Miss Alabama Scholarship Pageant at Samford University

Samford University

Samford University, founded as Howard College is a private, coeducational, Alabama Baptist Convention-affiliated university located in Homewood, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, United States. It includes the , Cumberland School of Law, McWhorter School of Pharmacy, Brock School of Business, Ida V....

 in Homewood, Alabama

Homewood, Alabama

Homewood is a city in southeastern Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is a suburb of Birmingham, located on the other side of Red Mountain due south of the city center. It has one of the highest population densities in Alabama. As of 2009 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the...

. Her local title as Miss Painted Rock placed her in the Miss Alabama competition. Langley’s platform is cardiac care

Heart

The heart is a myogenic muscular organ found in all animals with a circulatory system , that is responsible for pumping blood throughout the blood vessels by repeated, rhythmic contractions...

 and her competition talent was vocal. She produced a charity CD

Compact Disc

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 to raise heart health awareness and raise funds for the American Heart Association

American Heart Association

The American Heart Association is a non-profit organization in the United States that fosters appropriate cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability and deaths caused by cardiovascular disease and stroke. It is headquartered in Dallas, Texas...

. Langley also achieved the following in Miss Alabama preliminary competitions:

• Miss Alabama Talent preliminary winner 2007
• Miss Alabama Community Service Honorable Mention 2007
• Miss Alabama Community Service Finalist 2006
• Miss Alabama Top 10 semi-finalist 2006
• Miss Alabama Top 10 semi-finalist 2004
• Miss Alabama Talent preliminary winner 2004

External links

• CBS 8's Jamie Langley