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As we mentioned last weekend, Sherri Hill featured prominently at this year's Miss America pageant -- but we want to thank and congratulate all the girls who wore our designs!

In addition to the newly-crowned queen Teresa Scanlon and Kayla Martell, of Delaware (both of whom we already wrote about here), three other of the top twelve Miss America contestants were wearing Sherri Hill on the big night.

Just want to give a big thanks and shout-out to all of the beautiful young women who wore Sherri Hill during their big moments. So here's to Miss America 2011 Teresa Scanlon, of Nebraska; Emoly West, of Oklahoma; Djuan Trent, of Kentucky; Kayla Martell, of Delaware, Alyse Eady, of Arkansas.

Hope you're enjoying your success!

At last night's Miss America pageant, Delaware's Kayla Martell became only the third-ever Miss Delaware to make it to the top ten finalists -- and her story is truly inspiring. Martell, a 22-year-old native of Milford, Delaware, has alopecia areata -- an autoimmune disease that caused her to lose her hair at just ten years old. But she didn't let it stop her from pursuing her dreams -- and last night, Martell was an inspiring example to us all.

"You can't be defined and shouldn't be defined by your hair," Martell told the Delaware Online in a recent interview.

Martell, who has competed in the Miss Delaware pageant five times (three times without wigs; two times with them) is a remarkable example of why it's worth it to fight for your dreams.

Did we mention she wore a Sherri Hill evening gown? (We'll update the post with photos as soon as we get some prints in.)

Congrats again to Kayla!

Congratulations to Teresa Scanlan, the 17-year-old from Nebraska who last night was crowned Miss America!

And she was crowned in this gorgeous Sherri Hill dress! (Check it out on the left.)

This Saturday in Vegas, Caressa Cameron, a 22-year-old from Virginia, was declared 2010's Miss America. Cameron, who sang "Listen" from Dreamgirls for her talent portion of the competition, is currently in school studying broadcast news (although she'll take some time off to perform her duties), and has apparently been dreaming of winning the crown since she was a kid. But most importantly, she was wearing a Sherri Hill gown when she did it. 

Kristen Haglund was born on November 30, 1989 in Farmington Hills, Michigan. She graduated from Walled Lake Western High School in Michigan in 2006 and is currently attending The University of Cincennati, where she is majoring in Musical Theatre.

Haglund won the Miss Oakland County title and went on to compete in the Miss Michigan title for the first time in 2007. She won the preliminary swimsuit competition, then went on to win the title of Miss Michigan. She was eventually crowned the 83rd Miss America on January 26, 2008. She is Michigan's fifth Miss America in twenty years and she was the youngest girl in the competition at age 19.

Haglund's family has a history of pageants, as her grandmother was crowned Miss Michigan 1944 and her mother an active pageant volunteer. After the pageant, Haglund pledged to use her crown to bring awareness to eating disorders, which she suffered from when she was only sixteen years old. She uses eating disorders as her personal platform. She received a $50,000 scholarship and a one year stint as the spokesperson for the Miss America organization. She also won the Lifestyle and Fitness award and a $1,000 scholarship. After her reign as Miss America, she hopes to become an aspiring Broadway star. 

Miss America 2007 is a beauty queen from Lawton, Oklahoma. Born in 1986, Nelson is the sixth Miss Oklahoma to be crowned Miss America.  
Nelson was crowned Miss Teen Oklahoma in 2004, which allowed her to perform at the 2005 Miss America pageant. Along the way, she won the Miss Oklahoma State Fair pageant and then competed in the Miss Oklahoma pageant in 2006. She won the title and a $16,000 scholarship, making her the youngest contestant to become Miss Oklahoma.  
Jan. 29, 2007, Nelson represented Oklahoma in the Miss America 2007 pageant and was crowned the 82nd Miss America. She received a $50,000 with the title.  
Nelson is a student at the University of Central Oklahoma and her goal is to be a Broadway performer. She showed off her vocal skills during the talent performance of the competition. She has also expressed support for Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama.  
Most recently, Nelson teamed up with Josh Walsh from FOX network's TV show America's Most Wanted to assist in the apprehension of potential child predators. As of May 1, 2007, Nelson stated that she did not plan to return to testify, but reports state that she changed her mind and she will testify against the perpetrators.

Miss America 2006 Jennifer Berry was born on July 18, 1983 in Houston, Texas. She graduated from an Oklahoma high school in 2001 and attended the University of Oklahoma, earning a degree in elementary education. Before being crowned Miss America, Berry competed in numerous competitions such as the Miss Grand Lake competition in Oklahoma. She won both the talent and swimsuit competition. She also competed in the 2001 competition and went unplaced, made the top 10 in 2002, placed third runner-up in 2003 and 2004 and then finally won the Miss Oklahoma title in 2005. In 2006, Berry won the Miss America crown after winning a preliminary talent award for her ballet performance. She was later crowned the first Miss America titleholder crowned outside of Atlantic City, New Jersey. During her reign as Miss America, Berry's platform issue was "Building Tolerance to Drunk Driving and Underage Drinking." She worked on behalf of MADD, Mothers Against Drunk Driving.