Miss America 2007

Miss America 2007, the 80th Miss America pageant, was held on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada on Monday, January 29, 2007, making it the first time that the pageant was held on a weekday, rather than the traditional Saturday since 1927's contest.

Miss America 2007
Date	January 29, 2007
Presenters	Mario Lopez
Venue	Aladdin Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
Broadcaster	CMT
Winner	Lauren Nelson Oklahoma
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The pageant was broadcast live on CMT from the Theatre for the Performing Arts at the Aladdin Resort and Casino, only the second time that the pageant has been held outside Atlantic City.

At the conclusion of the final night of competition, outgoing titleholder Jennifer Berry crowned Lauren Nelson as her successor. Both titleholders are from Oklahoma, only the second occurrence of two consecutive winners from one state. The last time that two titleholders from the same state won in consecutive years was 1959 and 1960, when Mississippi did the honor.

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss America 2007	Oklahoma – Lauren Nelson[1]
1st Runner-Up	Texas – Shilah Phillips[1]
2nd Runner-Up	Georgia – Amanda Kozak[1]
3rd Runner-Up	Mississippi – Taryn Foshee[1]
4th Runner-Up	Alabama – Melinda Toole[1]
Top 10	California – Jacquelynne Fontaine Hawaii – Pilialoha Gaison Pennsylvania – Emily Wills Utah – Katie Millar Washington – Kristen Eddings

Awards

Preliminary awards

Awards	Contestant
Lifestyle and Fitness	Oklahoma - Lauren Nelson Nebraska - Molly McGrath Pennsylvania - Emily Wills
Talent	Texas - Shilah Phillips Hawaii - Pilialoha Gaison California - Jacquelynne Fontaine

Quality of Life awards

Results	Contestant	Platform
Winner	Rhode Island - Allison Rogers	Go Green! Global Warming Awareness
1st runner-up	Arizona - Hilary Griffith	Strength Over Silence: Rape Awareness And Recovery
2nd runner-up	Alabama - Melinda Toole	Character Education
Finalists	Georgia - Amanda Kozak Indiana - Betsy Uschkrat Michigan - Angela Corsi Virginia - Adrianna Sgarlata	Various

Other awards

Awards	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Alabama - Melinda Toole
Non-finalist Talent Award	Minnesota - Nicole Swanson New York - Bethlene Pancoast South Carolina - Shelley Benthall Vermont - Sarah Watson

Judges

The six judges for the competition were:^[2]

• Entertainer, Debbie Allen
• Photographer and television personality, Nigel Barker
• Actress and Miss Florida 1974, Delta Burke
• Musician, Michael Feinstein
• Television personality, Chris Matthews
• Television personality and Miss America 1981, Susan Powell

Crossovers

Unusually, no former Miss USA delegates competed in this pageant, although Sarah French, formerly Miss Arkansas Teen USA 2004 (and Miss Photogenic at Miss Teen USA) competed as Miss Missouri. Later on Amanda Kozak, Miss Georgia won the Miss Georgia USA 2008 title and competed at Miss USA 2008.