WATCH: Mobile County teen wins 2024 Distinguished Young Woman of Alabama
Jones also took home preliminary awards in fitness, talent and interview.
Jones also took home preliminary awards in fitness, talent and interview.
The contestants get to share the experience of being away from their friends and family as they get ready for the upcoming finals and only have each other and their host families to lean on for support.
The Class of 2024 Program will take place Friday, January 19 and Saturday, January 20 at Frazer Church in Montgomery.
This week the contestants are preparing themselves for the preliminaries and finals that will be taking place this weekend.
Hodge was one of 41 contestants from around the state to compete for the title this year.
The Preliminary Rounds get underway Friday night.
Preliminaries start Friday night at Frazer Church with the finals Saturday night.
After a weekend of competition, a new young lady was awarded the title of Distinguished Young Woman of Alabama.
Contestants from the Distinguished Young Women program had the opportunity to tour the Montgomery Zoo Wednesday afternoon. The young women were able to experience all that the zoo has to offer from: observing all of the different varieties of animals to riding the train and the sky lift. The DYW contestants like Katie Jett from Lawrence County and Graciana Doster…
The contestants took a break from rehearsals Tuesday to have lunch downtown.