Alexa Jones
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Born | 1981 (age 42–43) Andalusia, Alabama |
|---|---|
| Education | Birmingham–Southern College University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| Hair color | Blonde |
| Title(s) | Miss Covered Bridge Festival 2000 Miss Leeds Area 2001 Miss Jubilee 2002 Miss Birmingham–Southern College 2003 Miss Painted Rock 2004 Miss Mobile 2005 Miss Alabama 2005 |
| Major competition(s) |
Miss America 2006 |
Alexa Jones Boatright (born 1981) is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Andalusia, Alabama who was named Miss Alabama 2005. She worked as a news anchor and sports reporter on WIAT-TV from 2007 through 2011.
Career
Jones began entering pageants as a youth in her local America's Junior Miss competition. She won the 1999 Covington County Junior Miss title, earning a $10,000 scholarship to Birmingham–Southern College.[1] As an 18-year-old, she entered the Miss Leeds Area 1999 pageant and was named 1st runner-up.[1]
Jones competed for the Miss Alabama title five times before her win in 2005:[1] She was named Miss Covered Bridge Festival 2000,[1] Miss Leeds Area 2001,[2] and Miss Jubilee 2002.[3] During her senior year in college, Jones won the crown as Miss Birmingham–Southern College 2003.[4][5][6] She was named Miss Painted Rock 2004 and third runner-up as Miss Alabama 2004.[7][8]
Entering the 2005 state competition as Miss Mobile 2005, Jones won the title of Miss Alabama on June 11, 2005, when she received her crown from outgoing titleholder Shannon Camper.[9][10] Jones' platform was "Arts Education". Her competition talent for Miss Alabama was dancing ballet en pointe to "Fuego" by Bond.[9] In August 2005, Jones was recognized with a homecoming celebration in Andalusia, Alabama, and a joint resolution of the Alabama Legislature.[2]
Jones was Alabama's representative at the Miss America 2006 pageant on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.[11][12][13] Her platform was arts in education through the Renaissance Foundation of Alabama, which she founded.[14][15] Jones was named 2nd runner-up in the competition and won a $15,000 scholarship. She was also named the pageant's Quality of Life 2nd runner-up.[11]
In January 2007, Jones went to work for WIAT ("CBS 42") in Birmingham, Alabama, as the co-host of Wake Up Alabama, a morning news program, and a sports reporter. She left the station in January 2011.[16]
Personal life
Jones is a 1999 magna cum laude graduate of Andalusia High School in Andalusia, Alabama.[17][18] She is a 1999 initiate of the Alpha Omicron Pi women's fraternity, Tau Delta chapter,[19] and earned a bachelor of arts degree in English from Birmingham–Southern College in 2003.[1][17] When she won Miss Alabama, she was a graduate student in art history at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.[10] She currently lives in Birmingham, Alabama, with her husband Shane Boatright, Chairman and CEO of Boatright Companies.[20]
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| Preceded by | Miss Alabama 2005 |
Succeeded by Melinda Toole |
