Scarlotte Deupree Kilgore (born 1980) is an American beauty and performer who held the title of

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2002 and was 1st runner-up to Miss America 2003.

Miss Alabama

Deupree competed at

as Miss Camellia and had competed in the pageant four previous times. Her talent was a vocal performance of the song, "

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". Her personal platform was

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, which she chose in

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after she discovered that 25 percent of people from

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read at a very low reading level. She is a graduate of Samford University. While at Samford, she was inducted into the Kappa Chapter of the

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Life after Miss Alabama

Deupree is married to Allen Kilgore, a lawyer and corporate attorney at

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. They have two daughters named Virginia Price Kilgore and Jordan Lee Kilgore. She is on the board of directors for The Literacy Council and serves on the board of the Birmingham Children's Theater.

References

External links

Miss Alabama official websiteOfficial Miss America Profile
1980 births Living people Miss Alabama winners Miss America 2003 delegates People from Sylacauga, Alabama Samford University alumni {{US-pageant-bio-stub