Candidates arrived at the Frazer United Methodist Church on Dec. 3 to begin nine days of preparations for the state finals of the Alabama Junior Miss Program to be held Friday and Saturday.

The America’s Junior Miss scholarship program was founded in 1957 and is the oldest and largest scholarship program for high school senior girls. It has helped thousands of girls pay for their educations and pursue their ambitions. AJM, the oldest and largest scholarship program for high school senior girls, makes available over $80 million dollars in college scholarships annually. The 49th annual American’s Junior Miss National Finals will be held in Mobile in June 2005.