Miss Virginia's Caressa Cameron Crowned Miss America
Miss Virginia Caressa Cameron has been crowned Miss America 2010. Caressa is pursuing a degree in broadcast communications in Virginia Commonwealth University. Caressa's platform is "Real Talk: AIDS in America" according to her bio on the Miss Virginia website.
Caressa believes strongly in her message, "Real Talk: AIDS in America". She is the Coordinator of Youth Services for the Fighting the AIDS Crisis with Education and Support (FACES) Project and she served on the steering team which brought the Ora-Sure HIV (Oral) Antibody Test to the State of Virginia. In addition, she organized an effort to persuade public school officials to establish AIDS-targeted sex education in middle schools. She has spoken to over 10,000 students in more than 40 middle and high schools across Virginia. For her efforts, she was the recipient of the President's Volunteer Service Award and she was presented with a Congressional Honor for her community service endeavors in Virginia. Community service has always been a part of Caressa’s life and, in high school, she received the Fellowship of Christian Athletes award for integrity, service, teamwork, and excellence.
Here is a list of the top five in the Miss America competition.
Miss Virginia, Caressa Cameron
Miss California, Kristy Cavinder
Miss Tennessee, Stefanie Wittler
Miss Louisiana, Katherine Putnam
Miss Kentucky, Mallory Ervin
Last year the winner was Miss Indiana, Kate Stam -- see here.
