National Sweetheart
Miss National Sweetheart is a United States beauty pageant created in 1941 where runners-up from the Miss America state pageants are invited to Hoopeston, Illinois to compete for the title of Miss National Sweetheart.
The event, which has no official ties to the Miss America Organization, is sponsored by the Hoopeston Jaycees and is held on Labor Day weekend in conjunction with the town's Sweetcorn Festival.[1] Most contestants placed first runner-up in their state pageant, however second and other runners-up are invited if the first runner-up chooses not to attend.[2] The winner of the National Sweetheart title receives a $1000 scholarship and a pendant shaped like an ear of corn.[2]
Winning this title does not guarantee that a contestant will win a Miss America state title, but since 1980, five Miss National Sweetheart winners have gone on to win both their state and the Miss America title.[2] A few have won state titles in different states from those they represented at National Sweetheart.
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References [edit]
- ^ Dempsey, Pam (2007-09-03). "Hoopeston festival a rich, and corny, tradition". The News-Gazette.
- ^ a b c "Still Dreaming of Miss America Crown?". The Island Packet.
- ^ "National Sweetheart 2011 Crowned in Illinois". FourPoints Magazine. September 8, 2011. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ Bollenbacher, Abby (September 6, 2010). "National Sweetheart 2010 Results!". MISScellanea. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
- ^ King, Wendy (2006-09-04). "Georgia’s Kelley Bradshaw Wins National Sweetheart". The Chattanoogan.
- ^ "Lauren Molella named Miss New York Outstanding Teen". SI Live. June 19, 2011.
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