Miss Virginia Caressa Cameron crowned Miss America
Miss Virginia Caressa Cameron, a Fredericksburg native, was crowned Miss America at the great annual spectacle in Las Vegas Saturday night.
The 22 year-old sang the “Dreamgirls” ballad “Listen,” rocked a bright-yellow evening gown, and exhorted kids to get off the couch and play outdoors – and did so with just enough spunk and charisma to win a $50,000 scholarship over 52 other women.
It was a big night for the Beltway: Cameron, who won the Miss Virginia title last summer as a representative of the Miss Arlington pageant, was joined in the top 10 by opera-singing AU grad Miss D.C. Jen Corey.
Cameron emerged as an early favorite, having won a talent prize during preliminary competition this week. But the Virginia Commonwealth University communications major truly broke away from the pack during Saturday night’s interview portion. While the other six finalists gave halting answers, Cameron seemed prepared for the pop-question about what to do about the epidemic of teen obesity.
“Take away the TV, take away the video games, set some standards for our children!” she proclaimed, eyes a-sparkle, avoiding any ums and you-knows. Children, she said, should be encouraged to go outside, “playing imaginary games with sticks in the street like I did when I was little.”
Miss America 2010 Contestants
Here are Miss America 2010 contestants photos and video. The 89th annual pageant takes place Sat. Jan. 30, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on TLC, broadcast live from the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas with host Mario Lopez of ‘Extra,’ with Clinton Kelly, co-host of TLC’s What Not To Wear, serving as special correspondent.
1st Runner Up: Kristy Marie Cavinder – Miss California
2nd Runner Up: Stefanie Wittler – Miss Tennessee
3rd Runner Up: Katherine Putnam – Miss Louisiana
4th runner up: Mallory Ervin – Miss Kentucky
Pageant judges include radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh, actress Vivica Fox and Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson, Grammy-nominated jazz musician Dave Koz, singer-songwriter Brooke White, actor Paul Rodriguez, and Miss America 2002 Katie Harman.
Watch The Magic of Ordinary Days on CBS
Tune it to CBS for the 2005 movie The Magic of Ordinary Days at 8 to 10 p.m. In 1944, Livy (Keri Russell) dreams of college and a career in archeology. Then she becomes pregnant and her angry father arranges a marriage with a quiet farmer (Skeet Ulrich) in Colorado. This isn’t the life she had envisioned. Still, she sees new worlds via her sister-in-law (Mare Winningham) and a Japanese family at a nearby interment camp.
Truth in Motion: U.S. Ski Team’s Road to Vancouver, 8 p.m., NBC. Brett Morgan follows skiers likely to make the Olympic team in this documentary.
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