Shelby Rose Explains Why She Stopped Filming Bama Rush Documentary
Max (formerly HBO Max) debuted its highly-anticipated documentary Bama Rush on May 23. The series highlights four University of Alabama students as they attempt to join in on the sorority rush week, aka a seven-day process in which potential pledges — PNMs, or prospective new members in Greek speak — explore the university's sororities through official events. ICYMI: Bama Rush took over TikTok in 2021 as PNMs shared their get-ready with me vlogs and spilled the tea on their experiences as they tried to land a spot in one of the school's esteemed sororities.
The new doc introduced viewers to four PNMs, including Shelby Rose who began filming when she was still a high school senior and had just received her acceptance into the University of Alabama. Her journey in the series gained attention from viewers, who wanted to know more about the UA freshman. Read ahead for everything we know about Shelby Rose and what her role is in Bama Rush.
She rushed Phi Mu
On August 14, 2022, Shelby revealed that she was officially a member of Phi Mu. "HONEY I AM HOME!!! PHI MU FOREVERRRR💖🪩 @uaphimu the best home," she wrote in a celebratory Instagram post.
She is a pageant queen
Most recently, Shelby was crowned Miss Quincy Outstanding Teen pageant in January 2023. She revealed that she began participating in pageants after a friend recommended it to her in 2018. During an interview with Muddy River News, Shelby Rose said, "At first I said no, I wasn't interested at all... But the more I found out about it, the more interested I became... I fell in love with it." She previously won the title in 2018, 2020, and 2021.
She majored in public relations with a minor in digital content engagement
During her interview with Muddy River News, Shelby opened up about her plans to major in public relations with a minor in digital content engagement.
She's active on social media
Shelby keeps up with her friends, family, and fans on social media, where she has more than 6,000 Instagram and 62,5000 TikTok followers.
She was adopted and founded a non-profit to help foster children in her home state
Throughout her appearance in the documentary, Shelby revealed that she accidentally found out she was adopted and said that it "turned my world upside down. According to Shelby, she had been in therapy since she was 13 and sought "trauma treatments" to help manager her "anxiety and depression." Shelby also revealed that she launched Fostering Hope, an organization to assist foster children and foster families in Illinois.
She stopped filming before rush week and spoke out against the series
On May 8, Shelby took to Tik Tok to clarify her involvement in the documentary after the trailer was released. According to Shelby, she was filmed during her senior year of high school and didn't film once Rush Week began at UA "because what they were doing did not align with my morals and values, and it made me very uncomfortable."
While she didn't elaborate on her exact issue with the doc, Shelby said she does "not agree with any of the negative things said about anything to do with the University of Alabama campus as a whole, and the UA Panhellenic Association." Shelby added that the whole purpose of her joining the documentary was to "shine a light on girls from very small towns in the North going to a huge school and rushing."
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