Aspiring Ala. Doctor Crowned Miss America
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Miss Alabama Deidre Downs, an aspiring doctor who put off medical school to compete for the Miss America crown, won it Saturday night...
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It was probably not the day at the beach that Miss USA Tara Conner had in mind. With winds whipping on a frigid February afternoon, the 21-year-old Conner was at Jones Beach on Tuesday, doing a photo shoot to promote Donald Trump's $40 million planned catering facility, Trump on the Ocean.
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An 18-year-old from Montana has been crowned Miss Teen USA 2006. Katie Blair beat the competition in swimsuit, evening gown and interview categories to claim the crown Tuesday night.
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Fifty-two young women arrived in Atlantic City on Sunday, each hoping to go home in possession of a tiara that lets the world know she is Miss America.
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Miss America 2006 Jennifer Berry underwent surgery for undisclosed reasons and spent the night in a North Carolina hospital, a pageant official confirmed Tuesday.
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Contestants in this year's Miss America pageant made their debut in Atlantic City on Sunday, dressed in fashions from the 1950s.
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OKLAHOMA CITY  &#151; Having already helped police target sexual predators online, Miss America Lauren Nelson now is teaming with a security software company to help educate parents and children about dangers on the Internet.
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All of her life, Zoila Meyer believed she was an American. She even won election to the City Council of Adelanto.
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The organizers of the Miss USA pageant said Thursday they are evaluating the "behavioral and personal issues" of the reigning winner and will decide her future within a week.
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The pageant will be televised on September 30.
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Oscar De La Hoya is many things. An ATM with legs. A clap-on, clap-off smile. One of the million Americans with their own reality TV show.
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With skimpy bikinis, less emphasis on talent and a shorter show, the producers of Saturday's annual Miss America pageant telecast were hoping less would mean more &#151; viewers, that is.
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Queen Latifah wanted to be in politics before she opted for a career in singing and acting.
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For the first time in 50 years, the beauty pageant Miss America will be without a TV outlet. ABC dropped the option to televise the contest because of the dramatic drop of ratings this year, drawing a record low 9.8 million viewers.  (respond)  Do you wa...
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At the Miss America pageant, there are two distinct groups of contestants: those who say they always dreamed of growing up to be Miss America and those who say it hadn&#39;t even occurred to them until recently.
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Sporting updated hairdos and red carpet-worthy fashion, a crop of 52 newly made-over aspiring beauty queens was trimmed to a final field of 16 as they competed for the top tiara Saturday in the Miss America Pageant.
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Elizabeth Garrett overcomes the conventions and bigotries of her day to become a physician -- and a revolutionary, of sorts.