22-year-old Katie Stam of Indiana has been crowned Miss America 2009 in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
"That beauty that you feel on the inside, it's that confidence, that radiance inside of you, that's what glamour is," Miss Indiana Stam said. She also won Tuesday night’s swimsuit preliminary round.
“That beauty that you feel on the inside, it’s that confidence, that radiance inside of you, that’s what glamor is,” Stam said.
Katie Stam is a communications major at the University of Indianapolis, and is an aspiring weather girl broadcaster, having interned at two Indianapolis TV stations.
Her prize: a $50,000 scholarship and one year of travel and public appearances.
The first runner-up was Miss Georgia Chasity Hardman.
Photogallery below. Click here for more Photos from Tuesday night's swimsuit competition .
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