Caressa Cameron Wins Miss America 2010

Miss Virginia Caressa Cameron has been the latest woman to be crowned Miss America on Saturday night after beating out a group of 53 contestants from the 50 states as well as the Virgina Islands, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia.

Cameron gave a performance of Beyonce‘s song Listen and made a pledge that she is going to raise awareness for AIDS and HIV because her uncle died of AIDS when she was 8-years-old.

The 22-year-old beat first runner up Miss California, Kristy Cavinder, to pick up a prize of $50,000 as well as the crown. She spoke to the Press Association after saying..

“I hope to gain inspiration, I hope to gain momentum so that when this 365 days is over, I can shoot through the moon,”

She plans on taking a year off from her studies before returning to get a master’s degree in journalism and then hopes to become a news anchor. Since Caress Cameron won the pageant on Saturday night, TMZ have come across an old photo of her which they describe her as “an awkward high school freshman.

I wouldn’t exactly describe her as an awkward teenager in the photo on the left but as for the pageant I didn’t even think there was much interest in Miss America anymore. It would be nice to win $50,000 and then have a year off though.

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Caressa Cameron Wins Miss America 2010

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