Tiara Pennington, Miss Alabama 2019, was born in Florence, raised in Helena, and graduated from Helena High School. She is a political science student at the University of Alabama. (Joe Songer | [email protected]).Joe Songer | [email protected] Miss Alabama Tiara Pennington announced that she and her mother tested positive for coronavirus. …
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