Miss Auburn University 2014, Meg McGuffin, will compete in the Miss Alabama Pageant Wednesday, June 4, in Birmingham.
The pageant will kick off in the Wright Center at Samford University.
McGuffin, senior in radio, television and film, plans to move into the Samford University dorms on Sunday, June 1, along with the other competitors. The following three days, McGuffin will attend dinners, make appearances and rehearse for the competition.
"All the contestants will eat breathe and sleep Miss Alabama," McGuffin said.
On Wednesday, June 4, the competition starts, and McGuffin will begin with a personal interview with the judges.
Wednesday night is the swimwear competition and McGuffin plans to wear an aqua-colored bathing suit.
For the evening gown competition and on-stage question on Thursday, June 5, McGuffin will wear an emerald green dress.
Friday, June 6, is the talent portion. McGuffin plans to perform the same talent she did for the Miss Auburn University Pageant.
She will be performing a contemporary dance to the song, "Enigma."
"It's a lot slower than a lot of pageant competition songs usually are," McGuffin said. "Most pageant songs are upbeat and I didn't think that fit my personality. I wanted something a little different."
If crowned Miss Alabama, McGuffin said she will immediately step into her position by taking a year off from school to conduct interviews, make appearances and represent the state.
"Miss Alabama is a full-time job, but I would be more than prepared to take it on," McGuffin said.
If McGuffin wins, she said she plans to do philanthropy work to benefit her Miss Auburn platform, "Healthy is the New Skinny," which promotes a healthy lifestyle for girls.
"We see these supermodels who are photoshopped, and that's not how they actually look, but that's how the media tells us they look," McGuffin said.
McGuffin said she is nervous, but she is looking forward to competing.
As McGuffin grew older, she competed in pageants to earn scholarship money.
"I'm the daughter of a single mom and I understood that if I wanted to go to college, I had to work really hard in school, and find some way to pay for myself," McGuffin said.
"I wanted to put on the pretty dress and have my mom put makeup on me," McGuffin said. "I wanted to walk across stage and feel beautiful."
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