Meet Miss Alabama and Vestavia Hills native, Abbie Stockard, as she competes in Miss America [Video]

HAVE. LIKE YOU MENTIONED, THE MISS AMERICA FINALS ARE THIS SUNDAY, BUT CONTESTANTS HAVE A PRIVATE INTERVIEW AND A PRELIMINARY COMPETITION IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO FINALS. MISS ALABAMA ABBY STALKER HAS ALREADY COMPLETED HER PRIVATE INTERVIEW. AND NOW SHE PREPARES FOR THE PRELIMINARY COMPETITION, WHICH BEGINS FOR HER TOMORROW NIGHT IN ORLANDO,. FLORIDA. WHILE ABBY STALKER LEARNED SHE’D BE GOING TO MISS AMERICA LESS THAN A YEAR AGO, SHE’S BEEN WORKING TOWARD THIS DREAM FOR MUCH LONGER. FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS OF BEING INVOLVED IN THIS ORGANIZATION, I HAVEN’T BEEN TRAINING FOR THE ROLE OF MISS ALABAMA. I’VE BEEN TRAINING FOR THE ROLE OF MISS AMERICA. THIS WEEK, STALKER WILL COMPETE IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. THERE’S INTERVIEW ON STAGE, QUESTION FITNESS, EVENING GOWN, AND TALENT. FOR THIS, SHE’LL PERFORM A CONTEMPORARY DANCE TO YOU SAY BY LAUREN DAIGLE. THIS PIECE IS REALLY MEANINGFUL TO ME. IT’S MORE …