Kirsten Haglund, Miss American 2008 (photo credit: Jae C. Hong/AP)
Kirsten Haglund, a 19-year-old aspiring Broadway star, is Miss Michigan 2007. She was crowned Miss America 2008 by Miss America 2007 Lauren Nelson during the Miss America Pageant at the Planet Hollywood hotel and casino in Las Vegas on Saturday January 26. Kirsten Haglund, of Michigan's Farmington Hills, beat Miss Indiana, Nicole Rash, the first runner-up, and Miss Washington, Elyse Umemoto, the second runner-up for the $50,000 scholarship and year of travel that comes with the crown.
Source: AP