And Your 2009 Miss Arkansas Is...

....Sarah Slocum!

Sarah represented Miss Quachita River in this year's competition. She is 23 years old and attends the University of Arkansas School of Law. Her platform is "Paving the Way: Encouraging Higher Education" and she sang "The Prayer" as her vocal talent. Sarah will go on to represent the great state of Arkansas at the 2010 Miss America pageant in January.

SO worth mentioning though....Anna won Miss Congeniality : ) Honors of Miss Congeniality are given to the girl who the other contestants believe is the most friendly and helpful throughout the week's competition.

The Top Ten contestants were Amy Crain, Hannah Caldwell, Sarah Slocum, Jessica Herring, Hollyann Leigh Crum, Lindsey Allison Lee, Megan McClellan, Joi Chen, Allison Waldrip and Bethany Whitfield.

Winners Included:

• Sarah Slocum- Miss Arkansas 2009


• Amy Crain- 1st Runner Up


• Allison Waldrip- 2nd Runner Up


• Hollyann Leigh Crum- 3rd Runner Up


• Hannah Caldwell- 4th Runner Up

Congratulations to ALL of this year's Miss Arkansas Winners!

It's the Final Countdown

Last night was the 3rd and final night of Preliminary competition at the Miss Arkansas pageant. I'm told Anna did great and looked beautiful. Here are some pics of Anna doing her evening gown portion of the show last night:

The final phase of the competition begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Convention Center in Hot Springs and a new Miss Arkansas will be crowned!

Here are last night's winners:

Miss Lights of the Delta Katie Smart (Lifestyle and Fitness in Swimsuit), Miss OBU Bethany Whitfield and Miss Diamond Lakes Jessica Herring (Presence and Poise in Evening Gown), Miss University of Arkansas Amy Crain (Preliminary Artistic Expression in Talent) and Miss Heart of the Ozarks Megan McClellan (Lifestyle and Fitness in Swimsuit).


Smart (Lifestyle and Fitness in Swimsuit), Whitfield and Herring (Presence and Poise in Evening Gown) and Crain (Artistic Expression in Talent).

Miss Arkansas Update: Preliminary Night 2

Yesterday evening marked the second night of preliminary competition at the Miss Arkansas pageant. It was Anna's night to debut her swimsuit and she looked fantastic! I know she's been working really hard and eating healthfully for the past few months to prepare for last night. She told me that the moment the swimsuit competition was over she wanted a slice of Sam's Club pizza (YUM) and ice cream! Haha! Don't worry Anna, when you come down next month, we'll go to Coldstone ; )

Check out the photos from last night below and see the winners, too.

Anna performs her opening number for the judges on Prelim Night 2 at the Miss Arkansas pageant in Hot Springs, AR.

Anna struts her stuff onstage for the crowd at the Convention Center.

All that hard work and eating right paid off! You go girl!

Sarah Slocum, Miss Ouachita River won the Preliminary Presence and Poise in Evening Gown Preliminary award; Lindsey Loughmiller, Miss University of Arkansas Fort Smith won the Preliminary Artistic Expression in Talent award; Miss Diamond Lakes Jessica Herring and Miss South Central Arkansas Ashley Walthall shared the Lifestyle and Fitness in Swimsuit Preliminary Award.

Alpha Awards were presented to Miss Metro Morgan Holt (Presence and Poise in Evening Gown). Miss Lights of the Delta Katie Smart, (Artistic Expression in Talent), Herring and Walthall (Lifestyle and Fitness in Swimsuit) Each of the winning contestants won an $100 scholarship.

Miss Arkansas Update: Preliminary Night 1

So last night was the first night of preliminary competition at the Miss Arkansas pageant and it was Anna's night to perform her talent. Anna sang "Gimme Gimme" from the Broadway musical "Thoroughly Modern Millie". I haven't heard from Seth or any of the others attending yet this morning, (I'm sure they're sleeping in after the long night of competition), but I'm sure she did great! I've added some pics below of last night's opening dance number, Anna's introduction and snap shots from her talent performance.

More updates to come this afternoon after I talk to my sources at the pageant ; )

Update: Pictured below are the winners from last night's prelim.

First picture (from left to right) is of Hollyann Crum, Winner of the Lifestyle and Fitness in Swimsuit Preliminary Award; Joi Chen, Winner of the Preliminary Artistic Expression in Talent Award; and Megain Bowers, Winner of the Preliminary Presence and Poise in Evening Gown Award.

Second picture (from left to right) is of the Alpha Award winners. These were Morgan Holt, Alpha Winner of the Lifestyle and Fitness in Swimsuit; Megan Bowers, Alpha Winner of the Presence and Poise in Evening Gown; and Joi Chen, Alpha Winner of the Artistic Expression in Talent.