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.
Judges The seven judges for the competition were: former model, Paige Adams-Geller actress and singer, Laura Bell Bundy Miss America 1999, Nicole Johnson Olympic swimmer, Cullen Jones casting director, Beth Klein hairstylist, Ken Pavés
Results Placements
Placement Contestant Miss America 2009 – Katie Stam * 1st Runner-Up – Chasity Hardman * 2nd Runner-Up – Olivia Myers 3rd Runner-Up – Leigh-Taylor Smith 4th Runner-Up – Sierra Minott Top 7 – Jackie Geist – Ellen Carrington Top 10 – Kate Grinold – Nicole Fox – Ashlee Baracy Top 12 – Ashlen Batson – Emily Cox Top 15 – Amanda Tapley * – Galen Giaccone – Alexandra Hoffman * * - America's Choice chosen from TLC show, Miss America: Countdown to the Crown
Awards Preliminary awards
Awards Contestant Lifestyle and Fitness Indiana - Katie Stam Mississippi - Christine Kozlowski New York - Leigh-Taylor Smith Talent Delaware - Galen Giaccone Georgia - Chasity Hardman Vermont - Ashley Wheeler
Quality of Life award
Results Contestant Platform Winner Kentucky - Emily Cox Uniquely Me: Promoting Self-Esteem in Adolescent Girls 1st runner-up Michigan - Ashlee Baracy - 2nd runner-up Alabama - Amanda Tapley - Finalists Hawaii - Nicole Fox Indiana - Katie Stam North Carolina - Amanda Watson Rhode Island - Francesca Simone Virginia - Tara Wheeler Various Other awards Awards Contestant Miss Congeniality Texas - Rebecca Robinson Non-finalist Talent Arizona - Erin Nurss Pennsylvania - Kendria Perry South Carolina - Anna Perry Utah - Kayla Barclay Vermont - Ashley Wheeler
Delegates State Name Hometown Age Talent Placement Awards Notes Alabama Amanda Tapley 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 Alaska Stephany Jeffers Anchorage 23 Vocal Charles and Theresa Brown Scholarship Arizona Erin Nurss Sierra Vista 23 Dance Non-finalist Talent Award Sister of Miss Arizona's Outstanding Teen 2005, Adrienne NurssContestant 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 20043rd runner-up at Miss Teenage California 2004 pageant Colorado Jamie Dukehart-Conti Arvada 23 Jazz Dance Later was NFL cheerleader for the Denver Broncos Connecticut Ashley Glenn Hamden 23 Lyrical Dance Delaware Galen Giaccone 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 Fort Myers 20 Jazz Dance 4th runner-up Previously Miss Florida's Outstanding Teen 20053rd runner-up at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2006 pageant Georgia Chasity Hardman Columbus 24 Vocal, "Home" from The Wiz 1st runner-up Preliminary Talent Award Second African-American to represent Georgia in the Miss America pageantReceived a "Golden Sash" and automatic Top 15 placement at Miss America 2009 pageant on Miss America: Countdown to the Crown Hawaii Nicole Fox Honolulu Traditional Hawaiian Dance Top 10 Quality of Life Award Finalist Idaho Elise Davis Idaho Falls 20 Vocal Illinois Katie Lorenz Plymouth, MI 24 Lyrical Dance Indiana Katie Stam Seymour 21 Vocal Miss America 2009 Preliminary Swimsuit AwardQuality of Life Award Finalist Previously Miss Kentuckiana Teen 2002 Previously Indiana's Junior Miss 2005 2nd runner-up at America's Junior Miss 2005 pageantReceived a "Golden Sash" and automatic Top 15 placement at Miss America 2009 pageant on Miss America: Countdown to the Crown Iowa Olivia Myers Sperry 22 Tap Dance 2nd runner-up Kansas Emily Deaver Augusta 19 Vocal / Piano Kentucky Emily Cox Campbellsville 22 Piano Top 12 Quality of Life Award Winner Niece of Miss Kentucky 1990, Nancy Cox and daughter of Ricky L. CoxContestant at National Sweetheart 2005 pageant Louisiana Blair Abene Hammond 22 Vocal Previously Miss Teen Louisiana 2002 Maine Adrienne Watkinson Topsham 23 Violin Maryland Louise Schlegel Silver Spring 20 Vocal Massachusetts Alicia Zitka West Springfield 22 Lyrical Dance Graduate of University of Massachusetts Amherst Michigan Ashlee Baracy Westland 23 Jazz Dance Top 10 Quality of Life Award 1st runner-up Previously Michigan's Junior Miss 20031st runner-up at National Sweetheart 2007 pageant Minnesota Angela McDermott Austin 24 Vocal Performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the 2008 Republican National Convention in Minnesota Mississippi Christine Kozlowski D'Iberville 19 Jazz Dance Preliminary Swimsuit Award Missouri Lacey Fitzgerald Kansas City 24 Vocal Montana Jennifer Hepner Great Falls 23 Belly Dancing Nebraska Gretchen Bergquist Alliance 24 Vocal Nevada Julianna Erdesz 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 Collinsville 20 Lyrical Dance Oregon Danijela Krstić Beaverton 24 Belly Dance Pennsylvania Kendria Perry Nazareth 23 Piano Non-finalist Talent Award Rhode Island Francesca Simone North Smithfield 23 Vocal Quality of Life Award Finalist South Carolina Anna Perry Florence 23 Piano Non-finalist Talent Award Daughter of Miss South Carolina 1982, Julia Hill South Dakota Alexandra Hoffman Eureka 20 Vocal Top 15 Sister of Miss South Dakota Teen USA 2008, Elizabeth HoffmanPreviously Miss South Dakota Teen USA 2006Received a "Golden Sash" and automatic Top 15 placement at Miss America 2009 pageant on Miss America: Countdown to the Crown Tennessee Ellen Carrington Jackson 21 Classical Vocal Top 7 Texas Rebecca Robinson Buffalo 24 Tap Dance Miss Congeniality Previously Miss Texas' Outstanding Teen 2000 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 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 Sheridan 19 Comedic Vocal Previously Miss Wyoming's Outstanding Teen 2005 Later Miss Wyoming USA 2013
References
External links Miss America official website