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22 January 2006There she isFor some reason, Oklahoma produces more than its share of Miss America winners: Jennifer Berry, Miss America 2006, is the fifth* in 85 years, minus a few years when the pageant was suspended. Given that the Sooner State has maybe 1/80 of the nation's population, we're clearly punching above our weight class. I leave for someone with greater vision than mine the task of explaining why things have worked out this way. As for Miss Berry, she's twenty-two, a student at OU, and she'll receive a $30k scholarship, presumably for when she finishes her year-long speaking tour. * Previous winners:
1967: Jane Jayroe 1981: Susan Powell 1996: Shawntell Smith The official list through 2005 is here. Posted at 9:45 AM to SoonerlandTrackBack: 1:15 PM, 22 January 2006 » There she is... from Life and Deatherage Jennifer Berry, Miss Oklahoma 2005 , was crowned Miss America 2006 on Saturday night in Las Vegas - the first time the pageant has ever been held outside Atlantic City, NJ....[read more] Because some Oklahoma women are very pretty. Glad I could clear that up. Posted by: cary at 4:32 PM on 22 January 2006Oh, that's not at all in dispute; I see some (in the purely visual sense) on a regular basis. Posted by: CGHill at 4:39 PM on 22 January 2006You sounded a little unclear in your post. Sounded pretty clear to me. Try rereading it. Slowly. Now.
Okies also number up in Astronauts and country singers. |