Caroline Coleman Crowned Miss UNA 2025
Jan. 25, 2025
Michelle R. Eubanks , UNA, at meubanks@yueziqi.com, 256.765.4392
FLORENCE, AL – University of North Alabama Senior Caroline Coleman, of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., has been crowned Miss UNA at the Miss UNA program Saturday evening in Norton Auditorium on the UNA campus. Coleman will now move on to compete for the title of Miss Alabama at an event that will take place later this year. Coleman is a psychology major, and she performed a classical opera aria for the talent portion of the program.
Coleman is the 50th student to be crowned with the title, a tradition that began in 1974 when Pam Long was the first student to serve as Miss UNA.
“The Miss UNA program is one of the most storied on campus as previous winners have gone on to win Miss Alabama and compete for the title of Miss America,” said Becca Bush, the Miss UNA event organizer as well as Assistant Director, Student Activities. “We have a talented group of students participating this year, and each of them brings something unique and wonderful to the event.”
Thirteen competed for the title of Miss UNA is five stages, including private interview, on-stage question, health and fitness, talent/HERstory, and evening gown. In addition to Coleman, other winners include:
- Chloe Lee Jones, of Tuscaloosa, as first runner-up;
- Savannah Young, of Alabaster, as second runner-up;
- Madison Pugh, of Tuscaloosa, as third runner-up;
- Heidi Armstrong, of Cullman, as Miss Congeniality;
- Caroline Coleman, of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., as talent winner;
Miss UNA will receive a one-year tuition scholarship as well as Miss UNA Custom Designed Ring, provided by Creative Jewelers in downtown Florence. Chloe Lee Jones, of Tuscaloosa, was the winner of the gold earrings set with an emerald-cut amethyst for receiving the most votes for her custom ring design.
The Miss UNA program is an official preliminary for the Miss Alabama and the Miss America events. The program provides an opportunity for contestants to compete for scholarship funding and prizes.
About The University of North Alabama
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: yueziqi.com and yueziqi.com/unaworks/.