| Miss America 2009 | |
|---|---|
| Date | January 24, 2009[1] |
| Presenters | Mario Lopez |
| Venue | Planet HollywoodPerforming Arts Center,Paradise,Nevada |
| Broadcaster | TLC |
| Entrants | 52 |
| Placements | 15 |
| Winner | Katie Stam Indiana |
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Miss America 2009, the 82ndMiss America pageant, was held on theLas Vegas Strip inParadise,Nevada on Saturday, January 24, 2009.
The pageant was broadcast live onTLC from theTheatre for the Performing Arts at thePlanet Hollywood Resort and Casino, only the fourth time that the pageant has been held outsideAtlantic City,New Jersey.
The seven judges for the competition were:[2]
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| Placement | Contestant |
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| Miss America 2009 | |
| 1st Runner-Up |
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| 2nd Runner-Up |
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| 3rd Runner-Up |
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| 4th Runner-Up |
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| Top 7 |
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| Top 10 |
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| Top 12 | |
| Top 15 |
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* - America's Choice chosen fromTLC show, Miss America:Countdown to the Crown
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| Awards | Contestant |
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| Lifestyle and Fitness |
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| Talent |
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| Results | Contestant | Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Winner |
| Uniquely Me: Promoting Self-Esteem in Adolescent Girls |
| 1st runner-up |
| - |
| 2nd runner-up | - | |
| Finalists |
| Various |
| Awards | Contestant |
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| Miss Congeniality | |
| Non-finalist Talent |
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| State | Name | Hometown | Age | Talent | Placement | Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 onMiss America: Countdown to the Crown[5] | |
| Stephany Jeffers[6] | Anchorage | 23 | Vocal | Charles and Theresa Brown Scholarship | |||
| Erin Nurss[7] | Sierra Vista | 23 | Dance | Non-finalist Talent Award | Sister ofMiss Arizona's Outstanding Teen 2005, Adrienne Nurss[7] Contestant atNational Sweetheart 2007 pageant | ||
| Ashlen Batson | Newark | 21 | Flute | Top 12 | |||
| Jackie Geist | Vacaville | 22 | Ballet | Top 7 | 1st runner-up atMiss California Teen USA 2002 pageant Previously Miss Teen of the Nation 2004 3rd runner-up at Miss Teenage California 2004 pageant[8] | ||
| Jamie Dukehart-Conti | Arvada | 23 | Jazz Dance | Later wasNFL cheerleader for theDenver Broncos | |||
| Ashley Glenn[9] | Hamden | 23 | Lyrical Dance | ||||
| Galen Giaccone[10] | Wyoming | 20 | Piano | Top 15 | Preliminary Talent Award | Previously Delaware's Junior Miss 2006 | |
| Kate Marie Grinold | Washington, D.C. | 22 | Ballet | Top 10 | |||
| Sierra Minott[11] | Fort Myers | 20 | Jazz Dance | 4th runner-up | PreviouslyMiss Florida's Outstanding Teen 2005[12] 3rd runner-up atMiss America's Outstanding Teen 2006 pageant[12][13] | ||
| Chasity Hardman[14] | Columbus | 24 | Vocal, "Home" fromThe 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 onMiss America: Countdown to the Crown[5] | |
| Nicole Fox[15] | Honolulu | Traditional Hawaiian Dance | Top 10 | Quality of Life Award Finalist | |||
| Elise Davis[16] | Idaho Falls | 20 | Vocal | ||||
| Katie Lorenz | Plymouth, MI | 24 | Lyrical Dance | ||||
| 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 onMiss America: Countdown to the Crown[5] | |
| Olivia Myers[17] | Sperry | 22 | Tap Dance | 2nd runner-up | |||
| Emily Deaver | Augusta | 19 | Vocal / Piano | ||||
| Emily Cox[18] | Campbellsville | 22 | Piano | Top 12 | Quality of Life Award Winner[19] | Niece of Miss Kentucky 1990,Nancy Cox and daughter ofRicky L. Cox[citation needed] Contestant atNational Sweetheart 2005 pageant | |
| Blair Abene[20] | Hammond | 22 | Vocal | PreviouslyMiss Teen Louisiana 2002[21] | |||
| Adrienne Watkinson | Topsham | 23 | Violin | ||||
| Louise Schlegel[22] | Silver Spring | 20 | Vocal | ||||
| Alicia Zitka[23] | West Springfield | 22 | Lyrical Dance | Graduate ofUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst | |||
| 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 atNational Sweetheart 2007 pageant | |
| Angela McDermott[25] | Austin | 24 | Vocal | Performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the 2008 Republican National Convention in Minnesota[citation needed] | |||
| Christine Kozlowski | D'Iberville | 19 | Jazz Dance | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |||
| Lacey Fitzgerald | Kansas City | 24 | Vocal | ||||
| Jennifer Hepner[26] | Great Falls | 23 | Belly Dancing | ||||
| Gretchen Bergquist[27] | Alliance | 24 | Vocal | ||||
| Julianna Erdesz[28] | Reno | 24 | Vocal | LaterMiss Nevada USA 2010 | |||
| Natalie C. Shaw | Hooksett | 23 | Vocal | ||||
| Ashley Fairfield | Egg Harbor Township | 22 | Jazz Dance | ||||
| Christina Olmi | Albuquerque | 23 | Vocal | ||||
| Leigh-Taylor Smith | New York City | 22 | Vocal | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| Amanda Watson | Raleigh | 21 | Vocal | Quality of Life Award Finalist | |||
| Tessie Jones | West Fargo | 21 | Piano | ||||
| Karissa Renee Martin | Woodsfield | 21 | Vocal | ||||
| Kelsey Cartwright[29] | Collinsville | 20 | Lyrical Dance | ||||
| Danijela Krstić[30] | Beaverton | 24 | Belly Dance | ||||
| Kendria Perry[31] | Nazareth | 23 | Piano | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
| Francesca Simone | North Smithfield | 23 | Vocal | Quality of Life Award Finalist | |||
| Anna Perry[32] | Florence | 23 | Piano | Non-finalist Talent Award | Daughter of Miss South Carolina 1982, Julia Hill[33] | ||
| Alexandra Hoffman | Eureka | 20 | Vocal | Top 15 | Sister ofMiss South Dakota Teen USA 2008, Elizabeth Hoffman PreviouslyMiss South Dakota Teen USA 2006 Received a "Golden Sash" and automatic Top 15 placement at Miss America 2009 pageant onMiss America: Countdown to the Crown[5] | ||
| Ellen Carrington | Jackson | 21 | Classical Vocal | Top 7 | |||
| Rebecca Robinson[34] | Buffalo | 24 | Tap Dance | Miss Congeniality | PreviouslyMiss Texas' Outstanding Teen 2000[35] | ||
| Kayla Barclay | Manti | 18 | Piano | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
| Ashley Ruth Wheeler | Lyndonville | 21 | Vocal | Non-finalist Talent Award Preliminary Talent Award | |||
| Shamika K. Thomas | Saint Thomas | 23 | Vocal | ||||
| Tara Wheeler[36] | Woodbridge | 24 | Vocal | Quality of Life Award Finalist | |||
| Janet Harding | Yelm | 21 | Piano | ||||
| Kayla Lynam | Short Gap | 21 | Piano | ||||
| Briana Lipor | Racine | 22 | Vocal | ||||
| Courtney Gifford[37] | Sheridan | 19 | Comedic Vocal | PreviouslyMiss Wyoming's Outstanding Teen 2005[38] LaterMiss Wyoming USA 2013[39] |
Her pageant experience also includes successfully capturing the Miss Teen Louisiana title in 2002.