Darling! I can't wait to watch the pageant...good luck, sisters! <>

Prelim winners tonight:

Talent - Miss Ohio

Lifestyle/Fitness - Miss Florida/Kappa Delta

Prelim winners Wednesday Night:

Talent - Miss Kentucky

Lifestyle/Fitness - Miss Oklahoma

The Miss America Quality Of Life (QOL) Scholarship Awards for Community Service have been given to: Winner of QOL, Miss Alabama; QOL 1st runner-up Miss Delaware; and QOL 2nd runner-up Miss Maryland.

I suppose I'll be cheering for Miss Ohio, and keeping my fingers crossed for Miss Delaware, the lone NPHC representative this time around...

Next year I need a Delta back in it!

Here's the NPC list again (so you don't have to search through the thread):

Miss Alabama - Caitlin Brunell - Phi Mu, University of Alabama
Miss Alaska - Malie Delgado - Alpha Sigma Alpha, University of Alaska Anchorage
Miss Arkansas - Ashton Campbell - Chi Omega, University of Arkansas
Miss California - Marina Inserra - Delta Zeta, San Diego State University
Miss Delaware - Brittany Lewis - Alpha Kappa Alpha, Temple University
Miss District of Columbia -Teresa Davis- Kappa Alpha Theta, University of Georgia
Miss Georgia - Maggie Bridges - Alpha Delta Pi, Georgia Tech
Miss Florida - Victoria Cowen - Kappa Delta, Florida State University
Miss Kansas - Amanda Sasek - Alpha Sigma Alpha, University of Central Missouri
Miss Louisiana – Lacey Sanchez – Phi Mu, Southeastern Louisiana/Louisiana State
Miss Maryland – Jade Kenny – Alpha Delta Pi, University of Alabama
Miss Nebraska - Megan Swanson - Alpha Sigma Tau, Belmont University
Miss Pennsylvania - Amanda Smith - Alpha Delta Pi, Florida State University
Miss Tennessee - Hayley Lewis - Phi Mu, Belmont University
Miss Texas - Monique Evans - Alpha Delta Pi, University of Texas
Miss Rhode Island - Ivy DePew - Delta Gamma, University of Memphis
Miss South Carolina - Lanie Hudson - Alpha Delta Pi, Clemson University
Miss Vermont - Lucy Edwards - Delta Delta Delta, University of Vermont
Miss Washington - Kailee Dunn - Gamma Phi Beta, Eastern Washington University

List updated

19 sorority women out of 52 contestants -- 36.5%!

Brittany Lewis is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Temple University. Went to Wilmington University for her Masters so I'd assume she's currently active with an Alumnae Chapter.

In the official 2015 Miss America Pageant booklet one of the contestant's sponsored advertisements features a small Delta Sigma Theta crest, but I don't think it's in the Miss Delaware ad. My sister has my pageant book right now, but when I get it back from her later this week I can check and respond. It's great that Delta Sigma Theta would help pay for a contestant's ad, whether or not she is a DST member.

In the same pageant booklet Phi Mu's Alpha Zeta/University of Alabama chapter paid for their sister's full page Miss Alabama ad, and Alpha Delta Pi's Delta/University of Texas Chapter sponsored their sister's full page Miss Texas ad.

All such adverts are considered optional and do not count points toward a Miss America crown. If they did Miss Oklahoma would win every year as she tends to have the most ads in the booklet.

Final prelim winners:

Talent - Miss Pennsylvania/Alpha Delta Pi

Lifestyle/Fitness - Miss Maryland/Alpha Delta Pi

Miss Texas does not look like the typical beauty queen--although obviously she's very, very pretty. There's something about her that just looks fun. Maybe it's because she is not gigantically tall, or maybe it's because she's a brunette with a twinkle in her eyes....but Go Miss Texas!

And WOW, lots of ADPis! what a lineup!

Our chapters do stuff like that all the time for people who are not members, and I agree it's is pretty cool. The contestant could be a former debutante of the chapter or a family member or something. I always say it never hurts to ask all possible resources, especially when people are doing ad books!

A tantalizer from Parade Magazine: 5 Things You Won't See on TV During the Miss America Pageant .

I have the feeling that most of us know about at least a couple of these!

According to Miss America's official Facebook page and videos:

Pageant viewers in Mountain, Pacific, and Alaska/Hawaii time zones will be on tv time-delay and unable to view the televised pageant live.

Plan accordingly, and if you like surprises don't read the live GreekChat Miss America updates on this thread!

For those living in Eastern and Central time zones the pageant is Sunday, September 14 from 8pm-11pm Eastern, 7pm -10pm Central. The program will cover one special hour of behind the scenes Miss America magic, with the two hour main event immediately following. The festivities end with the crowning of Miss America 2015.

Think this is where I should type, Go Greeks! (all 19 representatives and those we may not yet know)

I will not have my tiara - it's still in PA. Am I allowed to watch with y'all without it, or should I get one? I've already told my DH to plan on watching football elsewhere!

That's always the worst thing for me...I do picture in picture. I love both football and pageants equally!

Go Miss Arkansas -- Ashton Campbell