Babes & Event AhBoon | 28 Jan 2008 06:58 am
Miss America 2008 - Kirsten Haglund from Michigan
Miss Michigan Kirsten Haglund, a 19-year-old aspiring Broadway star, was crowned Miss America 2008 on Saturday in a live show billed as the unveiling of the 87-year-old pageant’s new, hipper look.
Haglund, of Farmington Hills, Mich., sang “Over the Rainbow” to clinch the title. She beat Miss Indiana Nicole Elizabeth Rash, the first runner up, and Miss Washington Elyse Umemoto, the second runner up for the $50,000 scholarship and year of travel that comes with the crown.
Haglund, who studies music at the University of Cincinnati, grew up in a pageant family. Her mother is an active volunteer, and her grandmother Iora Hunt, competed for the crown as Miss Michigan 1944. Hunt was in the audience Saturday.
The crowning at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip was aired for the first time on TLC. It capped a four-week reality series, “Miss America: Reality Check,” which followed the contestants as they were pushed to shed the dated look of Miss Americas past and adopt a more updated style.
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on 28 Jan 2008 at 3:27 pm 1.Leslie said …
She looks like a swan from SOMEWERE OVER THE RAINBOW!!!!!!!!
on 28 Jan 2008 at 3:31 pm 2.Sarah said …
Miss MISH to the GIN needed some ruby slippers fur shur fur BURGER……….
on 29 Jan 2008 at 9:27 am 3.keeyit said …
She is pretty. BUT she looks a bit mature than her orginal age.. hehe