Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Eye color Brown Education Samford University | Hair color Brown Name Melinda Toole | |
 | ||
Title(s) Miss Samford University 2006
Miss Alabama 2006 Major
competition(s) Miss America 2007
(4th Runner-Up) Competitors Sarah French, Heidi Voight, Lauren Nelson, Jacquelynne Fontaine, Jamie Ginn | ||
Melinda Toole is a native of the Birmingham, Alabama, area. Toole won the title of Miss Alabama 2006 as Miss Samford University. She had previously placed in the top ten of the 2005 event. She was crowned by outgoing titleholder Alexa Jones.
Toole competed in the Miss America 2007 pageant broadcast live on CMT from the Theatre for the Performing Arts on January 29, 2007. During this process, she was named 4th runner-up to Miss America, 2nd runner-up for the Quality of Life Award for her platform character education, and Miss Congeniality. Melinda was the first Miss Alabama to be awarded the honor of Miss Congeniality, which was decided by the 2007 Miss America contestants and the American public. While competing in this event, her talent is a vocal performance of Time to Say Goodbye, a song made famous by Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli.
Toole, who attended Pinson Valley High School, graduated from Samford University with a degree in elementary education in May 2006. She is a member of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority.