Annie Reich crowns Sophie Brint 2015 Miss Olympian

In the 47th annual Miss Olympian Pageant, a panel of judges selected Sophie Brint as Mountain Brook High School’s 2015 Miss Olympian. Emma Rollins placed as first alternate, Lucy Wolter as second, Emily Sink as third and Charlotte McRae as fourth. Marley Barnett won the Congeniality Award. 

Sixteen girls competed in the Hollywood-themed pageant including seniors Mary Kathryn Parrott, Virginia White, Emily Sink, Autumn Robinson and Lucy Wolter; juniors Sophie Brint, Charlotte McRae, Bailey Coates, Emily Rollins, Callie Wilson, Sophie Barnes and Sarah Beth Daniel; and sophomores Caroline Cross, Brooke Holloway and Marley Barnett. 

Brint performed “Czárdás” by Vittorio Monti on the violin and excelled in the dance, beauty and interview portions of the competition to gain her title. Miss Olympian 2014, senior Annie Reich, passed her crown to Brint after singing Ella Fitzgerald’s “Cry Me a River” and making her final walk as the reigning Miss Olympian. 

Seniors Cile Baker and Sam Lidikay were the emcees for the night. A cappella group A Bunch of Guys (ABOG), Bill Perry, Adam Thomas, James Franklin, Drew White, Caleb Edwards and Hugh Rowe Thomas, provided a segue between portions of the competition. Tucker Deaton, Will Freeman, Charles Hoyt and Andrew Frese served as escorts to the competitors during the beauty portion of the pageant.

The girls practiced twice a week to prepare a dance for the show that was choreographed by Erin Rector, Emmie Stutts and Carlton Cooper.

Seniors Emma Abele and Catherine Turner directed the production of the pageant with the help of sponsors Jill Covington, Tessa Childs and Rachel Rich. Senior William Pankey managed the stage crew.