Miss America 2009 | |
---|---|
Date | January 24, 2009 [1] |
Presenters | Mario Lopez |
Venue | Planet Hollywood Performing Arts Center, Paradise, Nevada |
Broadcaster | TLC |
Entrants | 52 |
Placements | 15 |
Winner | Katie Stam Indiana |
Miss America 2009, the 82nd Miss America pageant, was held on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada on Saturday, January 24, 2009.
The pageant was broadcast live on TLC from the Theatre for the Performing Arts at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, only the fourth time that the pageant has been held outside Atlantic City, New Jersey.
The seven judges for the competition were: [2]
Placement | Contestant |
---|---|
Miss America 2009 |
|
1st Runner-Up |
|
2nd Runner-Up |
|
3rd Runner-Up |
|
4th Runner-Up |
|
Top 7 |
|
Top 10 |
|
Top 12 | |
Top 15 |
|
* - America's Choice chosen from TLC show, Miss America: Countdown to the Crown
Awards | Contestant |
---|---|
Lifestyle and Fitness |
|
Talent |
Results | Contestant | Platform |
---|---|---|
Winner |
| Uniquely Me: Promoting Self-Esteem in Adolescent Girls |
1st runner-up |
| - |
2nd runner-up | - | |
Finalists |
| Various |
Awards | Contestant |
---|---|
Miss Congeniality | |
Non-finalist Talent |
|
State | Name | Hometown | Age | Talent | Placement | Awards | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alabama | Amanda Tapley [4] | Birmingham | 20 | Classical Piano | Top 15 | Quality of Life Award 2nd runner-up | Received a "Golden Sash" and automatic Top 15 placement at Miss America 2009 pageant on Miss America: Countdown to the Crown [5] |
Alaska | Stephany Jeffers [6] | Anchorage | 23 | Vocal | Charles and Theresa Brown Scholarship | ||
Arizona | Erin Nurss [7] | Sierra Vista | 23 | Dance | Non-finalist Talent Award | Sister of Miss Arizona's Outstanding Teen 2005, Adrienne Nurss [7] Contestant at National Sweetheart 2007 pageant | |
Arkansas | Ashlen Batson | Newark | 21 | Flute | Top 12 | ||
California | Jackie Geist | Vacaville | 22 | Ballet | Top 7 | 1st runner-up at Miss California Teen USA 2002 pageant Previously Miss Teen of the Nation 2004 3rd runner-up at Miss Teenage California 2004 pageant [8] | |
Colorado | Jamie Dukehart-Conti | Arvada | 23 | Jazz Dance | Later was NFL cheerleader for the Denver Broncos | ||
Connecticut | Ashley Glenn [9] | Hamden | 23 | Lyrical Dance | |||
Delaware | Galen Giaccone [10] | Wyoming | 20 | Piano | Top 15 | Preliminary Talent Award | Previously Delaware's Junior Miss 2006 |
District of Columbia | Kate Marie Grinold | Washington, D.C. | 22 | Ballet | Top 10 | ||
Florida | Sierra Minott [11] | Fort Myers | 20 | Jazz Dance | 4th runner-up | Previously Miss Florida's Outstanding Teen 2005 [12] 3rd runner-up at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2006 pageant [12] [13] | |
Georgia | Chastity Hardman [14] | Columbus | 24 | Vocal, "Home" from The Wiz | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | Second African-American to represent Georgia in the Miss America pageant[ citation needed ] Received a "Golden Sash" and automatic Top 15 placement at Miss America 2009 pageant on Miss America: Countdown to the Crown [5] |
Hawaii | Nicole Fox [15] | Honolulu | Traditional Hawaiian Dance | Top 10 | Quality of Life Award Finalist | ||
Idaho | Elise Davis [16] | Idaho Falls | 20 | Vocal | |||
Illinois | Katie Lorenz | Plymouth, MI | 24 | Lyrical Dance | |||
Indiana | Katie Stam | Seymour | 21 | Vocal | Miss America 2009 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award Quality of Life Award Finalist | Previously Miss Kentuckiana Teen 2002 Previously Indiana's Junior Miss 2005 2nd runner-up at America's Junior Miss 2005 pageant Received a "Golden Sash" and automatic Top 15 placement at Miss America 2009 pageant on Miss America: Countdown to the Crown [5] |
Iowa | Olivia Myers [17] | Sperry | 22 | Tap Dance | 2nd runner-up | ||
Kansas | Emily Deaver | Augusta | 19 | Vocal / Piano | |||
Kentucky | Emily Cox [18] | Campbellsville | 22 | Piano | Top 12 | Quality of Life Award Winner [19] | Niece of Miss Kentucky 1990, Nancy Cox and daughter of Ricky L. Cox [ citation needed ] Contestant at National Sweetheart 2005 pageant |
Louisiana | Blair Abene [20] | Hammond | 22 | Vocal | Previously Miss Teen Louisiana 2002 [21] | ||
Maine | Adrienne Watkinson | Topsham | 23 | Violin | |||
Maryland | Louise Schlegel [22] | Silver Spring | 20 | Vocal | |||
Massachusetts | Alicia Zitka [23] | West Springfield | 22 | Lyrical Dance | Graduate of University of Massachusetts Amherst | ||
Michigan | Ashlee Baracy [24] | Westland | 23 | Jazz Dance | Top 10 | Quality of Life Award 1st runner-up | Previously Michigan's Junior Miss 2003 1st runner-up at National Sweetheart 2007 pageant |
Minnesota | Angela McDermott [25] | Austin | 24 | Vocal | Performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the 2008 Republican National Convention in Minnesota[ citation needed ] | ||
Mississippi | Christine Kozlowski | D'Iberville | 19 | Jazz Dance | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
Missouri | Lacey Fitzgerald | Kansas City | 24 | Vocal | |||
Montana | Jennifer Hepner [26] | Great Falls | 23 | Belly Dancing | |||
Nebraska | Gretchen Bergquist [27] | Alliance | 24 | Vocal | |||
Nevada | Julianna Erdesz [28] | Reno | 24 | Vocal | Later Miss Nevada USA 2010 | ||
New Hampshire | Natalie C. Shaw | Hooksett | 23 | Vocal | |||
New Jersey | Ashley Fairfield | Egg Harbor Township | 22 | Jazz Dance | |||
New Mexico | Christina Olmi | Albuquerque | 23 | Vocal | |||
New York | Leigh-Taylor Smith | New York City | 22 | Vocal | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
North Carolina | Amanda Watson | Raleigh | 21 | Vocal | Quality of Life Award Finalist | ||
North Dakota | Tessie Jones | West Fargo | 21 | Piano | |||
Ohio | Karissa Renee Martin | Woodsfield | 21 | Vocal | |||
Oklahoma | Kelsey Cartwright [29] | Collinsville | 20 | Lyrical Dance | |||
Oregon | Danijela Krstić [30] | Beaverton | 24 | Belly Dance | |||
Pennsylvania | Kendria Perry [31] | Nazareth | 23 | Piano | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
Rhode Island | Francesca Simone | North Smithfield | 23 | Vocal | Quality of Life Award Finalist | ||
South Carolina | Anna Perry [32] | Florence | 23 | Piano | Non-finalist Talent Award | Daughter of Miss South Carolina 1982, Julia Hill [33] | |
South Dakota | Alexandra Hoffman | Eureka | 20 | Vocal | Top 15 | Sister of Miss South Dakota Teen USA 2008, Elizabeth Hoffman Previously Miss South Dakota Teen USA 2006 Received a "Golden Sash" and automatic Top 15 placement at Miss America 2009 pageant on Miss America: Countdown to the Crown [5] | |
Tennessee | Ellen Carrington | Jackson | 21 | Classical Vocal | Top 7 | ||
Texas | Rebecca Robinson [34] | Buffalo | 24 | Tap Dance | Miss Congeniality | Previously Miss Texas' Outstanding Teen 2000 [35] | |
Utah | Kayla Barclay | Manti | 18 | Piano | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
Vermont | Ashley Ruth Wheeler | Lyndonville | 21 | Vocal | Non-finalist Talent Award Preliminary Talent Award | ||
Virgin Islands | Shamika K. Thomas | Saint Thomas | 23 | Vocal | |||
Virginia | Tara Wheeler [36] | Woodbridge | 24 | Vocal | Quality of Life Award Finalist | ||
Washington | Janet Harding | Yelm | 21 | Piano | |||
West Virginia | Kayla Lynam | Short Gap | 21 | Piano | |||
Wisconsin | Briana Lipor | Racine | 22 | Vocal | |||
Wyoming | Courtney Gifford [37] | Sheridan | 19 | Comedic Vocal | Previously Miss Wyoming's Outstanding Teen 2005 [38] Later Miss Wyoming USA 2013 [39] |
The Miss Texas competition was founded in 1937 as a scholarship contest for young women. The winner represents Texas in the Miss America pageant; three winners have gone on to be crowned Miss America.
The Miss Virginia competition is a scholarship pageant for women, with the titleholder representing Virginia in the Miss America pageant. The competition was founded in 1953 as a scholarship contest for young women, although women had represented Virginia in the Miss America pageant since the 1930s. Four Miss Virginia winners have gone on to be crowned Miss America, including former national titleholder Caressa Cameron.
The Miss Florida competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Florida in the Miss America pageant. Florida has twice won the Miss America crown.
The Miss Montana competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of Montana in the Miss America pageant.
Miss America 2008, the 81st Miss America pageant, was held on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, on Saturday, January 26, 2008.
Crystle Stewart Sebrechts is an American actress and beauty pageant titleholder. Stewart began her acting career in 2011, when she played real estate agent Leslie Morris on the OWN/TBS comedy-drama television series For Better or Worse until 2017. Shortly after, she appeared in the 2018 film Acrimony. She also won Miss Texas USA 2008 and Miss USA 2008, and represented the United States at Miss Universe 2008, where she reached in the placed Top 10.
Miss USA 2008 was the 57th Miss USA pageant, held in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 11, 2008. At the conclusion of the final night of competition, Crystle Stewart of Texas was crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder Rachel Smith of Tennessee. Crystle represented the United States at the Miss Universe 2008 pageant, which was held in Vietnam, where she placed in the Top 10. This was also the first time in the pageant's 56-year history that two consecutive women of African Americans have been crowned.
Miss America 2010, the 83rd Miss America pageant, was held on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada at the Theatre for the Performing Arts of Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino on Saturday, January 30, 2010. Miss America 2009, Katie Stam from Indiana, crowned her successor, Caressa Cameron from Virginia, at the end of the event.
Miss America 2014 was the 87th Miss America pageant, held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on September 15, 2013.
Miss America 2016 was the 89th Miss America pageant, held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on September 13, 2015.
The Miss Louisiana's Teen competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of Louisiana in the Miss America's Teen pageant. The pageant is held each April at the Brown Auditorium at the University of Louisiana at Monroe in Monroe, Louisiana.
Miss America 2018, the 91st Miss America pageant, though the Miss America Organization celebrated its 97th anniversary in 2017. This discrepancy is due to no national pageants being held from 1928 to 1932 or in 1934 because of financial problems associated with the Great Depression. The 2018 pageant was held in Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Sunday, September 10, 2017. This was the first Miss America pageant to be held in Atlantic City since the Miss America Organization headquarters relocated to Boardwalk Hall.
Miss USA 2018 was the 67th Miss USA pageant. It was held on May 21, 2018 at the Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport, Louisiana. The pageant was held at the same venue that was used for Miss USA 1997.
Miss Teen USA 2018, the 36th Miss Teen USA pageant, was held on May 18, 2018, at Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport, Louisiana. Sophia Dominguez-Heithoff of Missouri crowned Hailey Colborn of Kansas as her successor at the end of the event. She is the second entrant from Kansas to win the title after Keylee Sue Sanders won Miss Teen USA 1995.
Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2006 was the first Miss America's Outstanding Teen pageant, held at the Linda Chapin Theater in the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida on August 20, 2005.
Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2007 was the second Miss America's Outstanding Teen pageant, held at the Linda Chapin Theater in the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, on August 19, 2006.
Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2008 was the third Miss America's Outstanding Teen pageant, held at the Linda Chapin Theater in the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida on August 11, 2007.
Miss Teen USA 2020 was the 38th Miss Teen USA pageant. Originally scheduled to be held in spring 2020, the competition was postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was later rescheduled for November 7, 2020, at the Exhibition Centre and the Soundstage at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee. Kaliegh Garris of Connecticut crowned Ki'ilani Arruda of Hawaii as her successor at the end of the event. The competition was hosted by Allie LaForce and Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst.
Miss USA 2021 was the 70th Miss USA pageant, held at the Paradise Cove Theater of River Spirit Casino Resort in Tulsa, Oklahoma on November 29, 2021. The edition marked the first year of the competition under Crystle Stewart's directorship.
Miss USA 2022 was the 71st Miss USA pageant, held at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada on 3 October 2022.
Her pageant experience also includes successfully capturing the Miss Teen Louisiana title in 2002.