A total of 33 teens from around the state will compete for the title of Miss Alabama Teen USA 2024 on Friday and Saturday, May 31-June 1, at the Gogue Performing Arts Center at Auburn University. (See their names and photos in the gallery above.)

Tickets are $45-$100 via the Gogue Center website, by phone at 334-844-8497 or at the box office, 910 S. College St. in Auburn.

The pageant runs in tandem with the 2024 edition of Miss Alabama USA; 34 women are in the running for that.

Kensey Collins, Miss Alabama Teen USA 2023, will crown her successor at the finale. Miss Alabama USA 2023, Sophie Burzynski, will follow suit. Neither pageant will be televised, but live streams of the May 31 preliminaries and June 1 finals can be viewed online at Pageants Live. Access costs $40 for a two-night package; the streams start at 7 p.m. CT.

How it works:

Contestants for Miss Alabama Teen USA are judged in three categories: Personal interview, activewear and evening gown. Miss Alabama USA has an swimsuit competition instead of activewear, but the two other components of the pageant are the same.

Voting is open online for the People’s Choice Awards, which guarantee a spot in the semifinals. You can vote for your favorites for Miss and Teen on the Miss Alabama USA website, giving them a nudge toward the state crowns. Each vote comes with a $1 fee. Voting runs through noon CT on Saturday, June 1.

The winners will move on to compete for Miss USA and Miss Teen USA later this year.