Miss America: January 2011 Archives

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.)