My Favorites By Phases of Competition

As I veiwed all the preliminary photos I saved images of my favorites
(formatted here in no particular order).

Great Swimsuit presentations, in my humble opinion:

Tennessee

Michigan

Ohio

South Carolina

Washington

District of Columbia

Virginia

New Jersey







Nebraska

Florida

Arkansas

California









Louisiana

Evening Gowns that I loved:


Texas

Virgin Islands









Michigan

Louisiana

Florida

Ohio







Wisconsin

Nebraska

Minnesota

California









Virginia

Illinois

Talent - Obviously you can't judge the actual talent based on pictures, nonetheless these pictures caught my eye. (I didn't include the Preliminary Talent winners.)












California and New Hapshire










Arizona and ??













Michigan and North Dakota

Virginia and Wisconsin
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As I compiled these, I did not "cross reference" the phases, but simply looked at each woman in each phase, as judges are supposed to do.

So, clearly my front-runners are the women whose pictures I featured in multiple phases. They are:

California * Virginia * Michigan *
Florida * Nebraska * Ohio * Louisiana * Wisconsin

[Please correct me if I mislabled an of the ladies!!!]

Miss America Preliminary WInners in Review

Since Miss America has been "knocked on its sash" by TLC this year, fans agree that it's harder than ever to guess who will make the finals. Many feel that this year especially winning a Preliminary doesn't mean a thing, and that several of the winners will not make the Top 16 cut.
What do you think?

PRELIMINARY NIGHT ONE WINNERS

Miss Iowa- Talent












Diana Reed won Talent with and upbeat baton routine to Hairspray's "You Can't Stop the Beat."










Rhode Island- Swimsuit















It was said that Ashley Bickford's ballet en point was not technically proficient.










PRELIMINARY NIGHT TWO WINNERS

Miss Massachusetts- Talent















Valerie J. Amaral won Talent with her vocal rendition of Martina McBride's "Anyway."








Miss Michigan- Swimsuit













Kirsten Haglund received very positive reviews on her vocal presentation of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow."








Miss Connecticut- Talent


















Dana Daunis bested her Talent flight with the contemporary vocal "Let Him Fly."







Miss Texas- Swimsuit















Reports were mixed about Molly Hazlett's jazz on pointe routine.