 is when God gave me the opportunity to begin speaking. And I've stayed involved ever since, off and on ever since. I worked for Gary Palmer right out of college when I graduated from Sanford. And that was the summer before I became Miss Alabama because my story is different. Our Miss Alabama that year was Heather Whitestone. I was the first runner up. But Heather became Miss America. And in the instant that she became Miss America, I became Miss Alabama because this is a job.