:Caitlin Brunell

Brunell is the daughter of Stacey and Mark Brunell, a former NFL quarterback. She was home schooled through middle school and spent her freshman year at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School. She attended high school at Providence School.{{cite web|title=Miss Alabama 2014: Caitlin Brunell|url=http://missamerica.org/miss-america-2015-contestants/miss-alabama-2014-caitlin-brunell/|publisher=Miss America Organization|accessdate=July 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815013139/http://missamerica.org/miss-america-2015-contestants/miss-alabama-2014-caitlin-brunell/|archive-date=August 15, 2016|url-status=dead}} She is a 2014 graduate of the University of Alabama.

In 2007, Brunell won the Miss Greater Richmond's Outstanding Teen title and then the Miss Virginia's Outstanding Teen title. She represented Virginia in the third Miss America's Outstanding Teen pageant held on August 11, 2007, and won the title. She also won a preliminary evening gown award earlier in the week. In 2008, Caitlin also won the Miss Jacksonville's Teen USA 2008 in Florida.

She was also crowned Queen Shenandoah LXXXIV at the 84th Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival on April 30, 2011, in Winchester, Virginia. In 2012, she was chosen as Miss University of Alabama. In 2013, she was crowned Miss Rocket City and was a top-11 semi-finalist for Miss Alabama 2013.

In June 2014, competing as Miss Leeds Area, Brunell was crowned Miss Alabama. In September 2014, she represented the state at the Miss America 2015 pageant. She made the initial cut and competed in the swimwear, evening wear, and talent competitions to place in the top ten contestants as a semi-finalist but she was not one of the five finalists. Brunell won a Quality of Life Award for her community work with Caitlin's Closet.

Brunell runs her own non-profit organization called "Caitlin's Closet", which collects donated prom gowns and distributes them to those in need.

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{{cite news |title=Tracks, Tds, and a toddler: keeping up with Caitlin... Brunell's Sporting Life revolves around daughter |newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |date=May 15, 1993}}

{{cite news |first=Kim |last=Centazzo |title=Kniffin Collects Dresses, Makes Prom Reality |date=May 2, 2007 |publisher=Connection Newspapers}}

{{cite web|title=Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2008 profile|url=http://www.maoteen.org/2008_titleholder/bio.htm|publisher=MAO Teen|access-date=August 12, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928055931/http://www.maoteen.org/2008_titleholder/bio.htm#|archive-date=September 28, 2007|url-status=dead}}

{{cite web |publisher=Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival |title=SABF Past Celebrities |date=September 27, 2013 |url=http://thebloom.com/celebrities/sabf-celebrities-of-past-festivals/ |accessdate=June 7, 2014}}

{{cite news |first=Ben |last=Flanagan |newspaper=The Birmingham News |title=Sophomore Caitlin Brunell crowned Miss UA 2012 |url=http://blog.al.com/tuscaloosa/2012/02/sophomore_caitlin_brunell_crow.html |date=February 24, 2012}}

{{cite news |first=Carol W. |last=Wright |work=Miss UA Scholarship Program |publisher=University of Alabama |location=Tuscaloosa, AL |title=Sophomore Wins 2012 Miss UA Crown |url=http://uanews.ua.edu/2012/02/sophomore-wins-2012-miss-ua-crown/ |date=February 23, 2012 |accessdate=July 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704051723/http://uanews.ua.edu/2012/02/sophomore-wins-2012-miss-ua-crown/ |archive-date=July 4, 2015 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite news |first=Mia |last=Watkins |publisher=AL.com |title=11 young women named semi-finalists in tonight's Miss Alabama finale |url=http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2013/06/11_young_women_named_semi-fina.html |date=June 8, 2013 |accessdate=June 10, 2015}}

{{cite news |first=Mia |last=Watkins |publisher=AL.com |title=Caitlin Brunell, a University of Alabama graduate, is new Miss Alabama |url=http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/06/caitlin_brunell_a_university_o.html |date=June 7, 2014 |accessdate=June 7, 2014}}

{{cite news |first=Trudi |last=Gilfillian |newspaper=The Press of Atlantic City |publisher=BH Media Group |location=Atlantic City, New Jersey |title=Miss Alabama Caitlin Brunell |url=http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/missamerica/contestants/miss-alabama-caitlin-brunell/article_c45fdf1e-06b0-11e4-8fa9-0019bb2963f4.html?mode=story |date=July 8, 2014 |accessdate=January 19, 2015}}

{{cite news |first=Diane D'Amico Elisa |last1=Lala |first2=Devin |last2=Loring |newspaper=The Press of Atlantic City |publisher=BH Media Group |location=Atlantic City, New Jersey |title=Miss New York is the new Miss America (again) |url=http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/missamerica/miss-america-top-head-for-talent-competition/article_162ab6fe-3c60-11e4-a450-b3248b30962f.html |date=September 15, 2014 |accessdate=January 19, 2015}}

{{cite news |first=Mia |last=Watkins |newspaper=The Huntsville Times |publisher=Advance Publications |location=Huntsville, AL |title=Miss Alabama Caitlin Brunell says Miss America was an 'honor' |url=http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/09/miss_alabama_caitlin_brunell_s.html |date=September 15, 2014 |accessdate=June 10, 2015}}

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