TLC gives America a vote for Miss America
The 2009 Miss America Pageant will air live Jan. 24 on TLC. Representing Oklahoma will be Kelsey Cartwright from Collinsville.
Judges have been kind to Sooner State contestants in the past, with two recent winners of the Oklahoma pageant going on to be crowned Miss America — Jennifer Berry of Tulsa in 2005 and Lauren Nelson of Lawton in 2006.
This year, TLC is not leaving it all up to the judges, however. Oklahomans can cast votes. So can everyone else in the country.
“TLC’s Countdown to the Crown” kicks off at 9 p.m. Friday (Jan. 2) and will feature the 52 state titleholders taking part in a series of team and individual challenges. The four-part reality series will give viewers at home a chance to meet the girls and better decide which four contestants to vote into the pageant’s finals.
Voting, which begins after the 15 gold-sash finalists have been selected, will be conducted online at www.TLC.com/MissAmerica and via test messaging.
Susan Powell (Miss Oklahoma/Miss America 1981) will be a guest consultant on the final episode of “TLC’s Countdown to the Crown” that will air Jan. 23 — one day before the live event. In that episode, the team challenge will be “Miss America’s Got Talent” and the individual challenge will be “Rock the Runway.”
Best of luck to Cartwright, a sophomore dance major at Oklahoma City University who competed against more than 40 women to claim the title of Miss Oklahoma.
–Penny TV
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