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Laura Milligan Crowned Miss Una 2009

Mar. 02, 2009



Michelle Eubanks, UNA, at media@2fitfashion.com, 256.765.4392 or 256.606.2033

Photo by: Valerie Taylor FLORENCE, Ala. — Laura Milligan, of Muscle Shoals, was crowned Miss UNA 2009 on Jan. 17. Milligan, a junior elementary education major, was one of 21 contestants for the title. As Miss UNA, she plans to promote the platform "A Chance to Dance." The Miss UNA Scholarship Pageant is an official preliminary for the Miss Alabama and Miss America pageants. The pageant has been a UNA tradition for 33 years. It provides an opportunity for the university's young women to compete for scholarship funding and prizes. Each contestant is encouraged and mentored to develop skills that will enrich her personal and professional life beyond her university experience. Miss UNA spends her year in service to the university and Shoals area community. She promotes the platform of her choice, makes official appearances as a university representative and represents the university at the Miss Alabama Pageant. -30-

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The University of North Alabama is an accredited, comprehensive regional state university offering undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree programs through the colleges of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering; the Sanders College of Business and Technology; Education and Human Sciences; and the Anderson College of Nursing and Health Professions. Occupying a 130-acre campus in a residential section of Florence, Alabama, UNA is located within a four-city area that also includes Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia. UNA Athletics, a renowned collegiate athletics program with seven (7) Division II National Championships, is now a proud member of NCAA Division I as part of the Atlantic Sun and United Athletic conferences. The University of North Alabama is an equal opportunity institution and does not discriminate in the admission policy on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, disability, age, or national origin. For more: 2fitfashion.com and 2fitfashion.com/unaworks/.