Beth Stomps

Beth Stomps Feller (born February 20, 1977) is an American sales professional and beauty pageant titleholder from Fairhope, Alabama, who was named Miss Alabama 1997.
Pageant career
Stomps was chosen as Baldwin County's Junior Miss for 1995 and was a finalist for the state title.<ref name="tusca950123"/> After enrolling at The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Stomps won the Miss University of Alabama 1996 title and competed in the 1996 Miss Alabama pageant.<ref name="tusca960615"/> She placed among the top 11 finalists that year.<ref name="tidal960718"/>
In July 1996, Stomps was crowned Miss Alabama Music Hall of Fame 1996-97 which made her eligible to compete at the 1997 Miss Alabama pageant.<ref name="tidal960718"/><ref name="tidal970801"/> Entering the state pageant in June 1997 as one of 45 finalists, Stomps' preliminary competition talent for Miss Alabama was singing "Love Changes Everything" from the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Aspects of Love. Her platform was "Smart Starts in Arts: an AIDS Awareness Program".<ref name="tidal960718"/> Stomps won the competition on Saturday, June 14, 1997, when she received her crown from outgoing Miss Alabama titleholder Alison McCreary.<ref name="tidal970613"/>
Stomps was Alabama's representative at the Miss America 1998 pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey.<ref name="phinq970908"/><ref name="tusca970901"/> Her competition talent was vocal performance. Stomps was not one of the finalists for the national title.<ref name="msalhist"/> Her reign as Miss Alabama continued until Ashley Halfman was crowned on June 20, 1998.<ref name="tusca980621"/>
As Miss Alabama, her activities included public appearances across the state of Alabama.<ref name="tidal970801"/><ref name="ladem980422"/> For two months after her reign ended, Stomps was an intern in the offices of Congressman Sonny Callahan.<ref name="linkedin1"/>
Education and career
Stomps is a 1995 graduate of Fairhope High School in Fairhope, Alabama.<ref name="MissAmAL"/><ref name="tusca020526"/> While an undergraduate studying theater at The University of Alabama, Stomps joined Theatre Tuscaloosa and was featured in several productions, including The Secret Garden as Lily Craven,<ref name="tusca961201"/><ref name="tusca961212"/> My Fair Lady as Eliza Doolittle,<ref name="tusca980823"/> Man of La Mancha as Dulcinea,<ref name="tusca000609"/> and a production of Some Enchanted Evening which visited Tuscaloosa's German sister city, Schorndorf.<ref name="tusca000609"/><ref name="tusca000618"/><ref name="tusca000710"/>
She earned a bachelor's degree in theater from The University of Alabama in May 2000.<ref name="MissAmAL"/><ref name="uanews000512"/> After college, Stomps spent a year as a district executive for the Greater Alabama Council of the Boy Scouts of America.<ref name="linkedin1"/> She then spent three years as a sales consultant with Clear Channel Radio in Jackson, Mississippi, and just over eight years selling for Bayer HealthCare.<ref name="tusca020526"/> Since November 2013, she is a sales specialist for Dendreon.<ref name="linkedin1"/>
Personal life
Her father is Louis E. Stomps and her mother is Virginia Marcelle (Mason) Stomps.<ref name="tusca020526"/> She has three younger sisters.<ref name="phinq970908"/> She married Matthew Richard "Matt" Feller on July 6, 2002.<ref name="tusca020526"/> , Stomps and her family live in the Birmingham, Alabama, area.

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