Sharp Crowned Miss Samford University 2012:

Sarah Kathryn Sharp, a junior family studies major from Vestavia Hills, was crowned Miss Samford University 2012 on Oct. 15.

Sharp, 20, will represent Samford in the Miss Alabama scholarship pageant in June. Her pageant platform is Dysautonomia Youth Network of America., which focuses on an autonomic nervous system disorder, which Sharp was diagnosed with her junior year of high school.

Sharp also won the talent competition for her bass clarinet performance of “Blue Monk” by Thelonious Monk, and the Miss Congeniality award. The Vestavia Hills High School graduate is the daughter of Sally and Allen Sharp. She is a member of Shades Mountain Baptist Church, Vestavia Hills.