Miss Indiana 21 year old, Katie R. Stam from Indianapolis, crowned Miss America during the 2009 Miss America Pageant at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino January 24, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Seymour native also strutted onstage in a black bikini and an off-the-shoulder, white lace evening gown. During the interview portion of the competition she decried the use of performance-enhancing drugs among professional athletes and discussed the definition of glamour.
That beauty that you feel on the inside, it's that confidence, that radiance inside of you, that's what glamour is, Stam said.Stam won a $50,000 scholarship and hopes to obtain a bachelor's degree in communications and become a television news anchor. She began competing in pageants at age 15.
The first runner-up was Miss Georgia Chasity Hardman, who took home a $25,000 scholarship.The 52 young women took to the stage in blue jeans, bikinis and ballgowns following a mini-reality series on pageant prep work and a week of preliminary competition
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