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Miss Alabama's Teen 2025 Ali Mims was named first runner-up in the Miss America's Teen 2025 competition in Orlando on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025.
Miss Alabama’s Teen Ali Mims, who served as Miss Hoover 2024, on Saturday night was named first runner-up in the Miss America’s Teen Competition in Orlando.
The Harpersville resident and senior at Chelsea High School came in second behind Miss Arkansas's Teen Peyton Bolling.
Others in the top five were Miss Mississippi’s Teen Brooke Bumgarner (second runner-up), Miss New Jersey’s Teen Abigail Mignucci (third runner-up) and Miss Texas’ Teen Macie Krause (third runner-up).
Rounding out the top 11 were Miss California’s Teen Keira Bixler, Miss Louisiana’s Teen Melissa Le, Miss Hawaii’s Teen Nicole McClain, Miss Oklahoma’s Teen Kynlee Schulthels, Miss Georgia’s Teen Carrington Mainous and Miss Iowa’s Teen Avery Bradley.
Mims on Tuesday night was named one of three evening gown preliminary winners, which helped propel her into the top 11. For her talent on Thursday, Mims sang an opera song, “O Mio Babbino Caro.”
Her social impact initiative is raising money to put musical instruments in special needs classes. She formed a 501c3 foundation called the Joyful Noise Foundation that already has raised more than $35,000.
