MISS AMERICA 2009
2009 January 24
Theatre for the Performing Arts, Las Vegas, Nevada
52 entries
Results
1 INDIANA Katie Ruth Ann Stam (2nd RU Junior Miss '05)
2 GEORGIA Chasity Hardman
3 IOWA Olivia Myers
4 NEW YORK Leigh-Taylor Savannah Smith
5 FLORIDA Sierra Minott (3rd RU MAOTeen '05)
Top 7
CALIFORNIA Jackie Geist
TENNESSEE Ellen Carrington
Top 10
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Kate Marie Gringold
HAWAII Nicole Fox
MICHIGAN Ashlee Nicole Baracy (Junior Miss 03, 1st RU Sweetheart '07)
Top 12
ARKANSAS Ashlen Batson
KENTUCKY Emily Ann Cox (Sweetheart '05)
Top 15
ALABAMA Amanda Tapley
DELAWARE Galen Giaccone (Junior Miss '06)
SOUTH DAKOTA Alexandra Hoffman (USA '06)
Awards
Miss Congeniality TEXAS
Lifestyle and Fitness INDIANA, MISSISSIPPI, NEW YORK
Talent DELAWARE, GEORGIA, VERMONT
Quality of Life award (1) KENTUCKY (2) MICHIGAN (3) ALABAMA
Non-finalist Talent ARIZONA, PENNSYLVANIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, UTAH, VERMONT
Remainder
ALASKA Stephany Jeffers
ARIZONA Erin Brittany Nurss (Sweetheart '07)
COLORADO Jamie Dukehart-Conti
CONNECTICUT Ashley Christina Glenn
IDAHO Elise Davis
ILLINOIS Katie Lorenz
KANSAS Emily Deaver
LOUISIANA Blair Abene (SF Sweetheart '06)
MAINE Adrienne Leigh Watkinson
MARYLAND Louise Schlegel
MASSACHUSETTS Alicia Zitka
MINNESOTA Angela McDermott
MISSISSIPPI Christine Kozlowski
MISSOURI Lacey Fitzgerald
MONTANA Jennifer Lynn Hepner (Sweetheart '06)
NEBRASKA Gretchen Bergquist
NEVADA Juliana Erdesz
NEW HAMPSHIRE Natalie Shaw (Sweetheart '07)
NEW JERSEY Ashley Fairfield
NEW MEXICO Christina Olmi
NORTH CAROLINA Amanda Lauren Watson
NORTH DAKOTA Tessie Louise Jones (Sweetheart '07)
OHIO Karissa Renee Martin
OKLAHOMA Kelsey Cartwright
OREGON Danijela Krstic
PENNSYLVANIA Kendria Perry
RHODE ISLAND Francesca Simone
SOUTH CAROLINA Anna Perry
TEXAS Rebecca Robinson
UTAH Kayla Barclay
VERMONT Ashley Ruth Wheeler
VIRGIN ISLANDS Shamika Kahilah Thomas
VIRGINIA Tara Wheeler
WASHINGTON Janet Harding
WEST VIRGINIA Kayla Lynam
WISCONSIN Briana Lipor
WYOMING Courtney Gifford (MAOTeen '05, USA '13)