[4][5] The antibiotic treatment for this caused most of her hair to fall out just two months before the Miss Alabama pageant in June.
[6][8] Jones won the state competition on Saturday, June 16, 2001, when she received her crown from outgoing Miss Alabama titleholder Jana Sanderson.
[4][6] After winning, Jones announced she would use the scholarship money to pursue a graduate degree in music education.
[9] Jones was Alabama's representative at the Miss America 2002 pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
[7] Majoring in piano performance, Jones graduated from Samford University with a bachelor's degree in December 1999.
[7] During her reign as Miss Alabama, her father worked for a department store and her mother was a homemaker.