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Miss Virginia, Adrianna Sgarlata, from left, Miss Wyoming, Jenileigh Sawatzke, Miss Mississippi, Taryn Foshee, and Miss Pennsylvania, Emily Wills, tour the Aladdin hotel-casino in a pedicab in Las Vegas on Friday, Jan. 26, 2007.
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Contestants in the 2007 Miss America Pageant, including Miss New Mexico Christina Marie Hall, left, rehearse at the Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts Jan. 25, 2007, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The pageant is Monday, Jan. 29.
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Miss Oklahoma, Lauren Nelson, left, and Miss Texas, Shilah Phillips, take the stage after Nelson won the swimsuit contest and Phillips won the talent contest during the preliminary competition for the Miss America Pageant in Las Vegas on Jan. 25, 2007. In preliminary competitions, the 52 contestants are divided into three groups and take turns competing in evening wear, swimsuit and talent.
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Miss Oklahoma, Lauren Nelson, walks in a swimsuit on the stage during a rehearsal for the 2007 Miss America Pageant at the Aladdin hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2007. The 20-year-old from Lawton, Okla., won the swimsuit competition and $1,000 for her turn on the stage in a yellow bikini. Nelson is a student at the University of Oklahoma and wants to become a Broadway performer.
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Miss Illinois, Heidi Ekstrom, performs during the preliminary talent competition of the Miss America Pageant at Aladdin hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2007.
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Miss Virginia, Adrianna Sgarlata, heads back to the dressing room after performing in a preliminary competition of the Miss America Pageant at the Aladdin hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2007.
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Miss Oklahoma, Lauren Nelson, right, looks at Miss America 2006 Jennifer Berry's crown, bottom left, as she waits in the backstage with Miss New Jersey, Georgine DiMaria, second from right, Miss New York, Bethlene Pancoast, Miss North Dakota, Annette Olson, and Miss Nevada Caydi Cole, in gold dress, during the preliminary competition of the Miss America Pageant in Las Vegas Jan. 25, 2007.
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Costume designer Marcy Froehlich, bottom left, alters Miss Montana Christie Hageman's dress during a rehearsal in Las Vegas on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2007.
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Miss Wyoming Jenileigh Sawatzke performs aerial silk routine during a rehearsal in Las Vegas on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2007. The televised finals and crowning of Miss America 2007 airs Monday evening on Country Music Television (CMT).
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Miss Mississippi, Taryn Foshee, in red dress, leaves the stage after playing the piano during a rehearsal in Las Vegas on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2007. Becoming America's most idealized miss is a grueling exercise in good grooming and creative beauty tricks, not to mention the poise, talent, interview techniques and community service required to win the tiara and its accompanying $50,000 scholarship.
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Miss Pennsylvania, Emily Wills, left, rides in a gondola along with Miss New Mexico, Christina Hall, second from right, and Miss West Virginia, Tiffany Lawrence, right, at the Venetian hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Monday, Jan. 22, 2007. Miss America Pageant will be held at the Aladdin hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Monday, Jan 29.
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Stage manager Hank Neimark, right, talks to Miss Delaware, Jamie Ginn, during a rehearsal in Las Vegas on Monday, Jan. 22, 2007. The Miss America Pageant will be held at the Aladdin hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Monday, Jan 29.
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Miss Montana, Christie Hageman, fixes her hair in her hotel room as she gets ready for an evening event at the Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2007. Becoming America's most idealized miss is a grueling exercise in good grooming and creative beauty tricks, not to mention the poise, talent, interview techniques and community service required to win the tiara and its accompanying $50,000 scholarship.
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Miss Montana, Christie Hageman, from left in first row, Miss Nevada, Caydi Cole, Miss New Hampshire, Emily Hughes, and Miss Nebraska, Molly McGrath, join other contestants during a rehearsal for the Miss America Pageant in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2007. Associate director Curt Casassa, right, watches the rehearsal.
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Miss America 2006, Jennifer Berry, right, shares her experience with 2007 Miss America contestants during a rehearsal in Las Vegas on Monday, Jan. 22, 2007. The Miss America Pageant will be held at the Aladdin hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Monday, Jan 29.
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Miss America Pageant contestants, left to right, Miss Tennessee, Blaire Ashley Pancake, Miss Arkansas, Amber Elizabeth Bennett, and Miss Colorado, Janie Allen enjoy an appetizer following the arrival ceremony at the Planet Hollywood hotel and casino in Las Vegas on Friday, Jan. 19, 2007.
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Contestants in the Miss America Pageant line up for the arrival ceremony at the Planet Hollywood hotel and casino in Las Vegas on Friday, Jan. 19, 2007. The contestants face more than a week of rehearsals and competitions with a heart full of expectations and suitcases full of products - nine suitcases, in Miss Georgia Amanda Kozak's case.