Miss Indiana, Katie Stam Wins Miss America 2009 Pageant

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Miss America 2009 is Miss Indiana, Katie Stam; A 22-year old student at the University of Indiana majoring in Communications and an aspiring television anchor. Katie's platform is "Promoting Community Service and Involvement" and as Miss America 2009 will spend the next 365 days touring the country on a 20,000 mile-per-month blitz representing the Miss America Organization, Children's Miracle Network, and promoting her personal platform.

Katie's favorite food is "anything breakfast" and her favorite movie is National Treasure (according to the 2009 Miss America Magazine and program book). Stam was a Tuesday night preliminary swimsuit winner and Quality of Life Award finalist.
During the Talent competition, Katie sang "Via Dolorosa" (an emotional song about Jesus' final walk) and won over the crowd.
Katie has been battling Laryngitis for the past week but seamlessly sailed through preliminary competitions and ultimately walked off with the crown.

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