Melinda Toole

Melinda Toole

Beauty pageant titleholder
Born	Melinda Toole Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Brown
Title(s)	Miss Alabama 2006 Miss Samford University 2006
Major competition(s)	Miss America 2007

Melinda Toole is a native of the Birmingham, Alabama area. Toole won the title of Miss Alabama 2006 as Miss Samford University. She had previously placed in the top ten of the 2005 event. She was crowned by outgoing titleholder Alexa Jones.

Toole competed in the Miss America 2007 pageant broadcast live on CMT from the Theatre for the Performing Arts on 29 January 2007. During this process, she was named 4th Runner Up to Miss America, 2nd Runner up for the Quality of Life Award for her platform character education, and Miss Congeniality. Melinda was the first Miss Alabama to be awarded the honor of Miss Congeniality, which was decided by the 2007 Miss America contestants and the American public. While competing in this event, her talent is a vocal performance of Time to Say Goodbye, a song made famous by Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli.

Toole, who attended Pinson Valley High School, graduated from Samford University with a degree in elementary education in May 2006.^[1]

References

1. ^ "Timeless elegance marks wardrobe Miss Alabama Melinda Toole will wear at Miss America pageant". The Birmingham News. 2007-01-25. http://www.al.com/search/index.ssf?/base/living/116972012882840.xml?birminghamnews?life&coll=2. Retrieved 2007-01-29. 

External links

• Miss Alabama official website
• Miss America official website

Preceded by Alexa Jones

Miss Alabama 2006

Succeeded by Jamie Langley

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Name	Toole, Melinda
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