Miss America 2009 has been crowned, and it's a Hoosier: 22-year-old Katie Stam of Indiana.

Farmington Hills, MI native Kirsten Haglund ends her reign tonight when she crowns a new Miss America, as 52 women compete in the 2009 or 87th annual pageant, hosted by Mario Lopez.

Kirsten Haglund becomes the winner of 2008 Miss America beauty pageant. The winner of this prestigious contest was just now announced and the Miss America 2008 winner Kirsten Haglund, who is also Miss Michigan is happy and being congratulated as the most beautiful woman in America for the year 2008.

Miss America 2007 Lauren Nelson Makes Celebrity Appearance on FOX's ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5th GRADER? on January 17 when Lauren will earn cash for the MAO Scholarship Fund.

Miss America 2007 Lauren Nelson was in Las Vegas last week for Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Lauren was working with Symantec, the national sponsor for Lauren's personal platform of Internet safety, to help spread awareness for online safety by testing attendees’ cyber smarts.

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Having already helped police target sexual predators online, Miss America Lauren Nelson now cooperates with a security software company to educate parents and children about dangers on the Internet.