Kelly Jones (Miss Alabama)
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Born | 1976/1977 (age 47–48) |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Educator |
| Title(s) | Miss Lake Wedowee 1998 Miss Samford 1999 Miss Jefferson County 2000 Miss Homewood Area 2001 Miss Alabama 2001[1] |
| Major competition(s) |
Miss America 2002 |
| Spouse | Benjamin Carr (m. 2003) |
Kelly Jones Carr (born 1976/1977) is an American educator and beauty pageant titleholder from Birmingham, Alabama, who was named Miss Alabama 2001.
Career
In high school, Jones was a contestant in Mississippi's Junior Miss.[2] In 1998, she was crowned Miss Lake Wedowee and placed at Miss Alabama that year.[2] While a senior at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, Jones won the title of Miss Samford 1999.[2] The next year she was crowned Miss Jefferson County 2000.[3]
Jones was selected as Miss Homewood Area 2001 then, in early 2001, Jones was diagnosed with toxic shock syndrome, a potentially fatal illness caused by a bacterial toxin.[4][5] The antibiotic treatment for this caused her most of her hair to fall out just two months before the Miss Alabama pageant in June.[4][6]
Jones' preliminary competition talent for Miss Alabama was playing classical piano.[7] Her platform was "Boys and Girls Clubs: Be a Peer Role Model".[6][8] Jones won the state competition on Saturday, June 16, 2001, when she received her crown from outgoing Miss Alabama titleholder Jana Sanderson.[4][6] After winning, Jones announced she would use the scholarship money to pursue a graduate degree in music education.[6] As Miss Alabama, her activities included public appearances across the state of Alabama.[9]
Jones was Alabama's representative at the Miss America 2002 pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey.[10] Her competition talent was a classical piano performance of Frédéric Chopin's "Ballade No. 1 in G Minor".[8][10] Jones was not one of the finalists for the Miss America title.[1] Her reign as Miss Alabama continued until Scarlotte Deupree was crowned on June 15, 2002.[11]
Personal life
Jones is a Birmingham, Alabama, native and spent part of her high school years at Mountain Brook High School. She is a 1995 graduate of Lamar High School in Meridian, Mississippi.[7] Majoring in piano performance, Jones graduated from Samford University with a bachelor's degree in December 1999.[2][7] While at Samford, she was inducted into the Kappa Chapter of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority.[12] She then enrolled in a graduate program at The University of Alabama studying music education.[8]
Before becoming Miss Alabama in 2001, Jones worked as a fragrance model, a waitress, and a piano teacher.[10] After graduating, she owned and operated a music academy in Augusta, Georgia.[13] In 2008, she was hired as the administrator for the Gadsden Community School for the Arts in Gadsden, Alabama.[13]
Her parents are Jerry Wilson Jones and Cynthia Perkins Jones.[7] During her reign as Miss Alabama, her father worked for a department store and her mother was a homemaker.[10] She is an only child.[5] Jones was raised Southern Baptist.[5] On August 9, 2003, she married Benjamin Matthew Carr.[14] Her wedding was featured in the 2004 edition of Alabama Weddings.[15]
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| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by | Miss Alabama 2001 |
Succeeded by Scarlotte Deupree |
