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Miss Oakland County Pageant Applications Open
The annual scholarship pageant will be held July 14 in Farmington Hills.
The Miss America/Miss Oakland County Scholarship Program, a Miss America Organization preliminary pageant, is accepting applications for the 2012 pageant, held July 14 at the in Farmington Hills.
Women ages 17-24 who have either lived or worked full-time in Oakland County for a minimum of six months, or who attend school full-time in Oakland County, may apply.
Last year, the Miss America Organization and its state and local organizations made available more than $45 million in cash and scholarship assistance to pageant contestants. The organization also partners with Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.
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Miss Oakland County 2011 is Kelly Oles of Oxford. She was also first runner-up in the 2011 Miss Michigan pageant.
Miss America 2008, Kirsten Haglund, whose hometown is Farmington Hills, was Miss Oakland County 2006.
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Contestants must file their applications by Friday, May 4 and attend an orientation Sunday, May 6. For more information, contact Francesca Tuzzolino, executive director, at oaklandcounty@missmichigan.org.
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