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| Tuesday, January 6, 2009 11:40 AM PST |
Garner sends 2 misses to Miss America
The News & Observer Tue, 06 Jan 2009 2:40 AM PST
If
Wake County ranked towns for glamour, Garner would win hands down: Later this month, two Miss Garners
will compete to become Miss
America. |
Miss Vermont goes green with dress
UPI Mon, 05 Jan 2009 1:33 PM PST
COLCHESTER, Vt.,
Jan. 5 (UPI) -- The reigning Miss
Vermont said she will be going green at the upcoming Miss America Pageant with an eco-friendly gown made from
hemp, organic cotton and silk. |
Heading to Las Vegas
North Platte Telegraph Tue, 06 Jan 2009 6:14 AM PST
The North Platte Telegraph Back in June, Gretchen Bergquist of Oxford went
from being Miss Panhandle to Miss Nebraska
2008. Now Bergquist is hoping to gain a new title as she prepares to compete in the Miss America Pageant
on Jan. 24 in Las Vegas. | |
Mexican Titleholder Arrested
Lawrence Journal-World Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:29 PM PST
Two Olathe women won the Miss Kansas
USA and Miss Kansas Teen USA titles Sunday night at the Lied
Center at Kansas University. Courtney Courter, 23, competed as Miss Metro Kansas City
USA and won the Miss Kansas USA 2009 competition. Seventeen-year-old Alexis Rewalt, Miss South
Johnson County Teen USA, won the teen pageant. About 500 people were in attendance. |
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| Sunday, December 21, 2008 2:53 PM PST |
Cranberry senior, 17, reigns as Miss Butler County USA
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Sat, 20 Dec 2008 9:37 PM PST
Shortly
after capturing the title of Miss Butler County USA, Kelsey
Ferrick celebrated the best way she could at midnight on a Sunday -- she headed off to find a cheeseburger. |
Danville native Maria Montgomery named Miss Kentucky
USA
The Danville Advocate-Messenger Sat, 20 Dec 2008 9:19 PM PST
Maria
Montgomery of Danville, a 2007 Boyle County High School graduate, was crowned
2009 Miss Kentucky
USA on Friday
at Murray State University and will compete in the Miss USA pageant
in April in Las Vegas. |
Crowning Miss Kentucky USA
Murray Ledger & Times Sat, 20 Dec 2008 5:35 PM PST
Maria Montgomery of Danville was crowned Miss Kentucky USA 2009
Friday night on
the stage of Murray State University's Lovett Auditorium. Crowning her is last year's winner, Alysha Harris, and last year's
Miss Kentucky Teen USA winner, Shannen Reil, is pictured at right. | |
Miss USA pays visit to Walter Johnson Best Buddies
Kensington Gazette Wed, 17 Dec 2008 0:21 AM PST
Miss Maryland Gabrielle Carlson (right) meets with Walter
Johnson High School student Stephanie Vostal. Carlson, along with Miss USA Crystle Stewart, surprised students at the school's Best
Buddies program on
Friday. |
Miss USA pays visit to Walter Johnson Best Buddies
Rockville Gazette Wed, 17 Dec 2008 0:43 AM PST
Eli
Lewis, a senior at Walter Johnson High School, high-fives Miss USA Crystle Stewart during a surprise
visit from the pageant winner at the school Friday. Stewart met with students from the school's Best Buddies program. | |
Russia wins Miss World
Castillo to be Flatley's 'Dance' partner
Moldova.org Thu, 11 Dec 2008 2:05 PM PST
U.S. actress and television
personality Susie Castillo has been named the co-host of the new series
Superstars of Dance, NBC said Thursday.Castillo, a former
Miss USA who is also known for her work on the TV comedy House of Payne, as well as her presenting duties on MTV's
TRL and Big Ten, will star in Dance alongside Michael Flatley.Superstars of Dance is an international dance competition ...
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Susie Castillo
named 'Superstars' co-host
Joins Michael
Flatley on NBC dance competition show
By James Hibberd
Dec 10, 2008, 05:55
PM ET
NBC has added actress
and host Susie Castillo as co-host for its upcoming dance competition series "Superstars of Dance."
Castillo will join
previously announced host Michael Flatley ("Lord of the Dance") on the program, which premieres Sunday, Jan. 4, at 9 p.m.
Castillo hosted MTV's "TRL" and currently appears on TBS' "House of Payne."
"Superstars" is a short-run competition
series from executive producers Nigel Lythgoe and Simon Fuller on which troupes from around the world perform various styles
of dance.
Castillo is repped by Gilbertson Entertainment and Brad Small.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3id2b53d64773aa271e137c75dd67ae13b
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Tracey Chang Crowned Miss New York USA
December
3, 2008, Greencastle, Ind. — Xinyue "Tracey" Chang, a 2006 graduate of DePauw University, is Miss New York USA 2009.
Chang was crowned at the annual pageant, which was held over Thanksgiving weekend at the Albany Crowne Plaza Hotel. She now
earns the opportunity to compete in the 58th annual Miss USA pageant, which will take place April 19, 2009, in Las Vegas.
Tracey Chang was an economics major and Posse Scholar at
DePauw.
Learn more at the pageant's Web site.
2009 Arizona-USA winners
2009 Iowa-USA Winners
Friday, December 12, 2008
9
P.M. EST* on FOX
Miss America 2008 Kirsten Haglund, Miss America 1981 Susan Powell and
Miss America 2000 Heather French Henry will be featured in a special holiday episode of Don't Forget the Lyrics, hosted
by Wayne Brady.
As a part of the celebrity charity series, our Miss Americas will be in the national spotlight to
try their best at guessing song lyrics to capture prize money to benefit the Miss America
Scholarship Fund. Kirsten, Susan and Heather step up to the microphone for some holiday fun and to hopefully earn winnings in this spirited season of giving!
Be sure to tune in and celebrate the season!
* Check Your Local Listings
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Mario Lopez to host Miss America pageant
again
Washington Post -
United States
AP TLC and the Miss
America Organization announced Monday that the 35-year-old "Extra" host will
serve as master of ceremonies for the live Jan. ...
TLC To Air "Miss America: Countdown To The Crown" Reality
Series
AHN -
USA
Las Vegas, NV (CNS) - The 2009
Miss America Pageant promises to be filled with all of the
pageant glitz and glamour fans have become accustomed to,
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Miss La Jolla, Carrie Prejean, 21, is crowned the 2009 Miss California
USA and Miss Beaumont Teen USA, Chelsea Gilligan, 17, right, is crowned the 2009 Miss California Teen USA, Sunday, November
23, 2008, at the Riviera Resort and Spa in Palm Springs. (Richard Lui, The Desert Sun)
Photo Galleries
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Miss Teen CA and Miss CA Practice
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Miss Teen CA and Miss CA Contestants Party
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2009 Miss Teen CA and Miss CA Pageant
Congrats to my friend, Tami Farrell, Miss Malibu, 1st Runner-up and Miss Photogenic & Miss CA-USA
2009...We're proud of you!!!!!!!!! XOXO!!
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Maine hoopster becomes Miss Maine USA
The Lewiston Sun Journal Tue, 02 Dec 2008 2:08 AM PST
AUGUSTA
(AP) - A basketball player who's 10th on the University of Maine's all-time
scoring list has notched another win as a beauty pageant rookie. Ashley
Underwood has been crowned Miss Maine USA, outperforming a
dozen other contestants at last week's pageant in Portland. |
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| Tuesday, November 25, 2008 2:50 PM PST |
Miss Indiana Teen USA is from Brownsburg
The Indianapolis Star Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:16 PM PST
Brownsburg -- Bailee Zimmerman, Brownsburg, recently was crowned Miss Indiana
Teen USA 2009, according to pageant spokesperson Kelly Lloyd.
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Weymouth gal hits as Miss Massachusetts USA
Boston Herald Mon, 24 Nov 2008 9:28 PM PST
She's
royalty now! Twenty-one-year-old Weymouth resident Alison Cronin was crowned Miss Massachusetts USA last weekend after beating 114 other
women competing for... |
Underwood Miss Maine USA
WABI Bangor Mon,
24 Nov 2008 6:54 PM PST
FORMER UMAINE AND CONY HIGH BASKETBALL PLAYER ASHLEY UNDERWOOD IS THE NEW MISS MAINE
USA. UNDERWOOD WON THE TITLE OVER THE WEEKEND AND WILL NOW PREPARE FOR THE MISS USA PAGENT IN LAS VEGAS IN APRIL.
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Local woman named Miss Massachusetts
Weymouth News Tue, 25 Nov 2008 7:22 AM PST
Alison
Cronin, 21, is hoping to capture the Miss USA crown after she was named Miss Massachusetts USA this weekend.
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New pageant rules allow audience to pick
four Miss America finalists
The Pratt Tribune Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:06 AM PST
Last
year, TLC and Miss America
gave the pageant contestants a “Reality Check” and showed what it really takes to win the ultimate dream of becoming
Miss America. This year, the stakes are even higher – a chance to win a spot in the pageant’s coveted “top
15” – when the 52 state titleholders live together and face a series of competitions in TLC’s COUNTDOWN
TO THE CROWN. The four-part reality ... | |
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Miss Nevada-USA/ Teen 2009
MORE HERE!
| Friday, November 21, 2008 10:50 AM PST |
Miss Nevada & Miss Teen Nevada Crowned
KTNV Las Vegas Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:14 PM PST
Ileri
Tunrarebi of Henderson was named Miss Nevada Teen USA last weekend and Georgina
Vaught of Summerlin was crowned Miss USA Nevada. |
Women to compete for Miss Ohio USA crown
Chillicothe Gazette Fri, 21 Nov 2008 4:44 AM PST
Nearly
60 women from across Ohio will converge on The Verne Riffe Center for the Arts in Portsmouth this weekend to pursue the crown
of Miss Ohio USA,
while a local teen will take part in the Miss Ohio Teen USA pageant Sunday afternoon in the same location. |
Beauty pageant kicks off today in Palm Springs
The Desert Sun Fri,
21 Nov 2008 9:32 AM PST
Beauty queens from around the state will
compete in Palm Springs today in the 2009 Miss California USA and
Miss California Teen USA pageants. | |
| Monday, November 17, 2008 2:50 PM PST |
Lunday wins Miss Oklahoma USA Pageant
Altus Times Mon, 17 Nov 2008 1:06 PM PST
Lauren Lunday
was crowned the 2009 Miss
Oklahoma USA Sunday
night at the pageant held in Midwest City in the Rose State College Performing Arts Center. Lunday was crowned Miss Altus in 2007, and was
entered in this weekend’s pageant as Miss Southwest Oklahoma
USA. Lunday will now advance to the nationally televised Miss USA Pageant, and should she win, she will then
advance to the ... |
Katie Patterson will compete for Miss S.C. Teen title
Gaffney Ledger Mon,
17 Nov 2008 8:49 AM PST
Katie Ann Patterson of Gaffney will join the state's brightest young women in the quest
for the Miss South
Carolina Teen USA crown Friday, Nov. 21, and Saturday, Nov. 22, at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center. Miss Patterson is a junior at
Gaffney High School and daughter of Craig and Lisa Patterson.
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| Sunday, November 9, 2008 2:50 PM PST |
Miss Missouri USA has local ties
Park Hills Daily Journal Sun, 09 Nov 2008 8:14 AM PST
A
22-year-old woman with local ties has been crowned Miss Missouri USA 2009. |
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Miss Phillipines has won Miss Earth! More @ globalbeauties.com
| Thursday, November 6, 2008 2:50 PM PST |
Miss USA pageant returning to Vegas
UPI Thu, 06 Nov 2008 2:05 PM PST
LAS VEGAS, Nov.
6 (UPI) -- The Miss Universe Organization says its next two Miss
USA pageants will take place in Las Vegas. |
Miss USA pageant returning to Vegas
Moldova.org Thu, 06 Nov 2008 2:11 PM PST
The Miss Universe Organization
says its next two Miss USA pageants will take place in Las Vegas.The organization said it has signed a two-year deal
with the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas to act as host hotel and venue for the
telecasts.The 2009 competition is scheduled to air live on NBC April 19.Returning to Vegas was not a difficult decision to
make. The great success of ... |
Locals competing in Miss Georgia USA pageant
Rome News-Tribune Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:44 PM PST
Several young women from the Rome and Floyd County area will be competing
in the Miss Georgia
USA 2009 and Miss
Georgia Teen USA 2009 pageants today through Saturday in Cartersville at the Woodland Performing Arts Center.
The winner of the Miss Georgia USA Pageant will advance to the nationally televised Miss USA Pageant,
and the winner of the Miss Georgia Teen USA Pageant will advance to the ... |
Friends try for Miss Massachusetts crown
The Haverhill Gazette Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:29 AM PST
If
you told Theona Harwood or Shea Murphy Bradlee a few years ago that they'd be competing in the Miss Massachusetts
USA 2009 pageant, they wouldn't have believed you. Friends for more than a decade, both love figure skating
and modeling. And while both say winning the Miss Massachusetts crown
and competing to become Miss USA would be the thrill of a lifetime, they insist they are not competing ... | |
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New Miss South Dakota USA Crowned
KSFY Sioux Falls Mon, 03 Nov 2008 5:59
AM PST
Jessica Rowell of Sioux Falls is the new Miss South Dakota
and Fallyn Patterson of Rapid City is Miss Teen South Dakota 2009 | |
Miss Virginia And Miss Virginia Teen USA 2009 Crowned At VIC
Bristol Herald Courier
Sun, 26 Oct 2008 7:17 AM PDT
Miss
Virginia Teen USA 2009, left, Maggie Lawson and Miss Virginia USA
2009, right, Maegan Phillips, were crowned Saturday, October, 25, 2008 in Bristol, Va. at Virginia Intermont College. | |
Ca-USA contestant photos here
| Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:36 AM PDT |
Lancaster County's Miss America dies at 75
Lancaster Online Thu,
23 Oct 2008 9:28 AM PDT
In September 1953, after Ephrata resident Evelyn Ay won the Miss America
pageant, local residents took to the streets in celebration.Ay, who had earlier been Miss Ephrata Fair
and the Tobacco Queen of Lancaster County, was suddenly the winner of the country's most prestigious
beauty pageant."It ... | |
How 3 beauty queens share one apartment
New York Daily News Sun, 19 Oct 2008 2:13 AM PDT
It's the stuff sitcoms are made of: Three beauty queens
living in an apartment in the big city. Only for Dayana Mendoza, Crystle Stewart
and Stevi Perry -
better known as Miss Universe, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA
- it's reality. |
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Bush picks St. Simons resident for council
The Florida Times-Union Thu, 16 Oct 2008 9:57
PM PDT
Former Miss America Heather Whitestone McCallum has been appointed by President Bush to serve on the National Council on Disability. | |
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USA welcomes America's Junior Miss scholars
The Vanguard Mon, 22 Sep 2008 8:39 PM PDT
University of South Alabama President Gordon Moulton welcomed three state winners of the America's Junior Miss Program with a scholarship ceremony and luncheon
on Sept. 17. Freshmen Lauren Gessner of Ohio, Twila Tschan of Oregon and Hannah Yeats of Idaho each received full scholarships
worth more than $40,000 from the school for tuition, room and board, a $1,000 stipend for books and $1,250 ... |
2 women with Western Mass. ties to vie for Miss America title
The Republican Sat, 13 Sep 2008 2:25 PM PDT
What
young girl doesn't dream of becoming a fairy-tale princess some day? For two Western Massachusetts women, their
dreams may come true after being crowned Miss Massachusetts and Miss Connecticut this summer. |
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