Miss American 2009

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by joliebelle

I don't see you as being bitter...I thought you had to meet certain residential qualifications for these titles. I would be pissed too if a girl from outside my state won my state's title.

Right, like you had to live in the state for x amount of time before you were eligible to compete there?

I always thought there was some sort of rule like that, to keep girls who lived in bigger states (with more competition) from moving to a state or area with fewer contestants JUST to get a title (like if a girl were living in a big state like TX, but didn't want to compete there, she couldn't just move to North Dakota and compete in their state).

[honeychile]

Miss Michigan
Miss Tennessee*
Miss Hawaii
Miss California
Miss Georgia*
Miss Florida
Miss Kentucky*
Miss District of Columbia
Miss Indiana
Miss Iowa
Miss Arkansas
Miss New York

*greeks

[texas*princess]

I don't remember the first lady in the evening gown, but that white, sparkle bra thing is gross.

Miss Indiana's looks like a wedding dress

I think Miss Iowa's dress is pretty, but it makes her look 8 sizes bigger

Not a fan of Miss NY's dress

I think my faves were the bright red one (looked like Eva Longoria's gown) and the blue one

[KSUViolet06]

I love Miss Iowa's gown.

Miss GA, Miss NY, and Miss CA had really pretty ones too.

Contestants I want to see in Top 10:

California
Georgia
Florida
New York

[joliebelle]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Right, like you had to live in the state for x amount of time before you were eligible to compete there?

I always thought there was some sort of rule like that, to keep girls who lived in bigger states (with more competition) from moving to a state or area with fewer contestants JUST to get a title (like if a girl were living in a big state like TX, but didn't want to compete there, she couldn't just move to North Dakota and compete in their state).

I have way too much time on my hands and I searched for the requirements to be able to compete in Miss America. Basically, you have to meet the residential characteristics for your state, but when I went to the Miss Hawaii site, I couldn't find any specifics on residential qualifications

Is it me, or is Miss Arkansas gorgeous?

Miss Hawaii Residency Requirements can be found here, at a Miss Hawaii Prelim Application: http://missdowntownhonolulu.com/appl...pplication.pdf

� ______________________I am and have been a resident the of the state of Hawaii for the last six months
(Must provide 2 proofs of residency)
� ____________I am and have been a full time employee within the state of Hawaii for the last six months
(Must provide proof of current employment status)
� ___________I am and have been a student within the state of Hawaii for at least one semester – 12 hours (Must provide proof of current scholastic status)

[DreamfulSpirit]

I couldn't stand Arkansas's gown...way too flashy for me, IMO.

[honeychile]

Which one had the silver dress?

[honeychile]

Oh, this is really messed up, how they're doing the Talent portion!

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Oh, this is really messed up, how they're doing the Talent portion!

no kidding!

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Oh, this is really messed up, how they're doing the Talent portion!

You mean not telling everyone who the finalists are and THEN having them do their talents? I agree.

I hope they at least told the finalists back stage so that girls aren't waiting back stage to do their talent and never being called.

[DreamfulSpirit]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Which one had the silver dress?

That was Arkansas.

Georgia's voice seems to fade into the background of the music.

[honeychile]

Was Miss Iowa the one who spoke backwards? If so, yes, that dress was beautiful, but not on her.

We've had dozens of disputes over Misses PA/NJ/NY - women who went to school in one state so could represent it. The one that's outstanding in my memory is one Miss PA who lived in NJ, but took THREE credits in a Philadelphia Community College!

[MSKKG]

If that Secret commercial comes on one more time, I'm gonna scream!

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by MSKKG

If that Secret commercial comes on one more time, I'm gonna scream!

LOL!

I guess my hope that Michigan wins just went down the tubes.