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 Johanna Botta from The Real World Austin on MTV will be appearing at the 2008 Miss Peru Universe as Miss Peru USA. The pageant will be in Lima Peru on Wednesday April 16th, 2008.
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 As the excitement builds for the staging of the Miss Jamaica Universe beauty pageant, hundreds of fans came out to experience the first-ever World Wise-sponsored Miss Jamaica Universe Roadshow last weekend. The series of shows, a new innovation for the competition, saw scouts travel to the Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival in Montego Bay, Island Village in Ocho Rios, and Fayor's Entertainment Centre in Mandeville, in search of potential contestants for the pageant. With the chance to win the title of Miss Jamaica Universe and a handsome prize package, the response to the open calls was strong from the parish beauties. In Ocho Rios, the powerful vibes inside the Island Village Shopping Centre energised the audience as DJ Venom pumped up the volume on his wicked mixes from the latest hits. Motivated by the promise of receiving $1 million in cash, courtesy of title sponsor World Wise, and driving off in style in a BMW 120i hatchback, courtesy of Stewart Motors, prospective contestants were busy making enquiries regarding entry to the pageant.
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 "I really hope the crown doesn't fall off my head."
Those were the first three thoughts that ran through Kirsten Haglund's mind after the Michigan woman was announced the 87th winner of the Miss America pageant in Las Vegas in January. After that, Haglund said, it was a happy, amazing blur.
Speaking from her New York City hotel room on a recent weekday, Haglund was upbeat and grateful for her crown, joking she "slept in it at night."
But Haglund has a serious platform. After recovering from anorexia as a high school student, she plans to speak about eating disorders during her 12-month reign. Haglund is taking a year off from the University of Cincinnati, where she is a musical theater major.
She is the state's fifth Miss America.
"It's not about the crown," said Haglund, 19, of Farmington Hills. "It's about the heart of a woman. It comes with a tremendous opportunity to give back."
She'll get that opportunity now, after dreaming of becoming Miss America since childhood.
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