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Miss America History
"Miss America represents the highest ideals. She is a real combination of beauty, grace, and intelligence, artistic and refined. She is a type which the American Girl might well emulate."
Those words were spoken by Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce President Frederick Hickman more than 75 years ago, and they still ring true today. Miss America is a role model to young and old alike, and a spokesperson, using her title to educate millions of Americans on an issue of importance to herself and society at large.
Over the years, Miss America has been intent on making a difference in people's lives through her charitable and community endeavors. Jean Bartel, Miss America 1943, went so far as to use her celebrity in the war effort. She was credited with selling more Series E war bonds than anyone else in the United States - $2.5 million worth of them. While Kate Shindle, Miss America 1998, spent her year of service addressing groups and meeting with federal, state and local public officials on behalf of the HIV/AIDS cause. She even presided over sessions regarding women and AIDS at the 12th World AIDS Conference in Geneva, Switzerland.
Today, Miss America travels approximately 20,000 miles a month, changing her location every 24 to 48 hours. She tours the nation reaching out to support her ideals, committed to helping others. Miss America is more than just a title. She is a woman who reflects a tradition of style, sophistication and service.

The Miss America Organization is one of the nation's leading achievement programs and the world's largest provider of scholarship assistance for young women. Last year, the Miss America Organization and its state and local organizations made available more than $45 million in cash and scholarship assistance.
This assistance is not just for the handful of young women who become Miss America, but is available to the over 12,000 young women who compete in the state and local competitions as well.

Winners
Main article: List of Miss America titleholders

Kirsten Haglund, Miss America 2008
Year
Miss America
State Represented
2000
Heather French
Kentucky
2001
Angela Perez Baraquio
Hawaii
2002
Katie Harmon
Oregon
2003
Erika Harold
Illinois
2004
Ericka Dunlap
Florida
2005
Deidre Downs
Alabama
2006
Jennifer Berry
Oklahoma
2007
Lauren Nelson
Oklahoma
2008
Kirsten Haglund
Michigan
2009
Katie Stam
Indiana
Hosts
Bob Russell: 1940-1946, 1948-1950, 1954
Bert Parks: 1955-1979
~ and Bess Myerson: 1964-1967
~ and Phyllis George: 1975-1978
~ and Mary Ann Mobley: 1979
Ron Ely and Dorothy Benham: 1980-1981
Gary Collins: 1982-1991
~ and Mary Ann Mobley: 1985-1988
~ and Phyllis George: 1989-1991
Regis Philbin: 1992-1996
~ and Kathie Lee Gifford: 1992-1995
Eva LaRue and John Callahan: 1997
Boomer Esiason and Meredith Vieira: 1998
Donny and Marie Osmond: 1999-2000
Tony Danza: 2001
Wayne Brady: 2002
Tom Bergeron: 2003-2004
Chris Harrison: 2005
James Denton: 2006
Mario Lopez 2007, 2009
Mark Steines: 2008

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