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Miss Michigan Kristen Haglund from Farmington Hills, Michigan, was crowned the 87th Miss America last night during the live pageant telecast, and First Runner-Up was Miss Indiana Nicole Elizabeth Rash.
Haglund, a musical theatre major at the University of Cincinnati, hopes to raise awareness of eating disorders during her reign as Miss America. She sang “Over the Rainbow” for the talent competition. Rash also sang for her talent, and said her platform was Get on the L.-B.U.S. to break language barriers in the U.S. Both win scholarships to continue their education.
Second Runner-Up was Miss Washington Elyse Umemoto -- the Midwest and Pacific Northwest effectively blocking out the Bible Belt where beauty pageant queens have long been bred.
The show was broadcast from Las Vegas on TLC, and displayed a hipper, sexier look -- an attempt to gain more viewers, whose numbers have been dropping consistently for the past few years.
Miss America 2008, Kristen Haglund, gets crowned in Las Vegas, Nevada, last night. Photo by MissAmerica.org.
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Actually, Michigan is sort of a Miss America powerhouse, as is Illinois. The southern states don't do as well as people think:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Miss_America_winners_by_state
Are we not in a new Century?! Can we lay this tradition of platic bimbo barbies dreaming of world peace to rest and Donald Trump( who I'm sure sleeps with every wanna be pageant queen)
with it?
Wrong pageant, Spook. Donald Trump owns Miss USA. As a former Miss America insider, I can tell you that the girls competing in Miss A are well educated and talented. Sorry to burst your fantasy.
How can you tell which contestant slept with all the Judges?
---The one with the sash that says IDAHO!