Congratulations Elyse!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ELYSE UMEMOTO FOR 2nd Runner Up at Miss America & yourTop 3 Finish in theMiss America Reality Check series!

She walked away with a wardrobe from shopIntuition.com and a $10,000 scholarhsip from Crest White Strips!

Watch Miss America Live tonight on TLC at 8:00pm!

Elyse is making the "buzz"! ~ Thursday Preliminary Awards

THURSDAY NIGHT AT VISITATION - AFTER HER TALENT PERFORMANCE!





Talent - You Go Girl!

The Washington Pageant Family! Elyse with her sisters.

Unofficial from another blog site - prelim. awards for Thursday Night

Miss America Preliminary Night Three Unofficial Results

Swimsuit goes to Miss Texas

... as predicted by many.

Talent is won by Connecticut

... which is a little out of the blue, consi

ELYSE IS MAKING THE CUT - OTHER BLOGGERS ARE TALKING
ONE WROTE...
Miss America Preliminary Night Three Early Returns

Swimsuit Buzz
Texas and Georgia

(No one has commented, good or bad, on Roberta's Swimsuit presentation.)dering so many states were mentioned as strong contenders, but not her
Talent Buzz

Florida, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Washington, Virginia AND Michigan
It must be a very competitive group!

Gown Buzz

OHIO

I'm in a live chat room with people getting texts from Miss America, and as they were giving gown feedback someone wrote,
"No, now Ohio is the most amazing!"