Virginia is for Lovers

2010的美國小姐昨天剛剛出爐,

是來自Virginia的Caressa Cameron.

仔細看這一條新聞~~~~

哇!她是出自老公就讀學校的美女ㄋㄟ.

就是下圖中表情非常驚訝穿著黃色禮服的小姐.

她目前22歲,是VCU大眾傳播系的學生.

圖片及新聞引自以下網站:   每段旁邊紅色的字是我自己的加註.

http://www.wtvr.com/news/wtvr-missamericavcu-100131,0,851848.story

OSKAR GARCIA  Associated Press Writer

January 31, 2010

LAS VEGAS (AP) - A 22-year-old Virginia woman who said she once thought her only talent was singing is the nation's newest Miss America, emerging from a field of 53 contestants picked for their beauty, compassion and interview savvy. (從53位佳麗中脫穎而出.)

Caressa Cameron, a broadcast journalism student at Virginia Commonwealth University, now plans a second year away from college as she travels extensively to raise money for charity and carry the 89-year-old pageant's crown.

"I hope to gain inspiration, I hope to gain momentum so that when this 365 days is over, I can shoot through the moon," Cameron told The Associated Press.

Cameron, the first black Miss America since Ericka Dunlap in 2005, says she wants to get a master's degree and eventually become a news anchor.

Cameron, the daughter of a background researcher for the government and a contractor, said she was inspired to compete in pageants at age 14, when Miss Virginia 2003 Nancy Redd visited her school.  (她14歲的時候,2003年的維吉尼亞小姐到她就讀的學校訪問激勵了她參加比賽)

"At that time, all I knew that I could do was sing - that's all I had," the Fredericksburg, Va., native said.

Cameron said that after that visit, she decided to try out for a school musical, which snowballed into more opportunities in the arts, drama and other areas. (從那次訪問之後,她決定開始在藝術,戲劇及不同領域的做多方面的嘗試)

"More doors and more doors continued to open," she said. "It's so important that we reach our young people, because there are so many young people that are at the very same crossroads that I was at." (當她開始向不同領域探索時,越來越多扇大門為她而開.)

"We need those people to let them know that just because your circumstances are a certain way, you don't have to succumb to them," she said. "You can do something amazing, like become Miss America." (不必向環境屈服,只要你努力將會有令人驚奇的結果出現,就像今天我成為了美國小姐)

The last Miss America from Virginia was Nicole Johnson in 1999.

Cameron won the title and a $50,000 scholarship Saturday night after strutting in a skintight yellow dress, belting Beyonce's "Listen" from "Dreamgirls" and advising parents to limit video games and television when asked about childhood obesity during an onstage interview.

"We need to get our kids back outside, playing with sticks in the street like I did when I was little," she said. "Expand your mind, go outside and get to see what this world is like."  (敞開心胸多去看看外面的世界,你會有不同的視野.)

Miss California Kristy Cavinder was the first runner-up, winning $25,000.

The young women who came out on stage at the beginning of the pageant and danced to "I Gotta Feeling" by the Black Eyed Peas are from all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

After a week of preliminary competition that counted 30 percent toward their final scores, they each introduced themselves to the crowd Saturday at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.

"From the home of the Governator, I am here to pump you up," Cavinder said as she was introduced.

The judges, the public and contestants themselves then trimmed the field over the next two hours.

Actor and "Extra" host Mario Lopez hosted the 89-year-old pageant with help from Clinton Kelly of TLC's "What Not to Wear." The pageant was broadcast live on TLC.

The panel of judges included radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh, actress Vivica Fox, musician Dave Koz, Miss America 2002 Katie Harman, gymnast Shawn Johnson and former "American Idol" finalist

Brooke White. Comedian Paul Rodriguez was set to be a judge, but organizers said he pulled out because of a family emergency.

Cameron won her state's title on her fourth try, and said she saw pageantry as a way to raise money and awareness for her platform issue, AIDS awareness.

She said the issue is personal for her because her uncle died of AIDS and her family fostered a young girl who lived with the disdease.

She was recognized by Congress in 2007 for her work to bring instant-result HIV testing to her home state.

During the Miss Virginia pageant last year, Cameron was asked her opinion about gay marriage, the same issue Miss California

Carrie Prejean was asked about during the Miss USA pageant two months earlier.

Cameron said she believed marriage should be between a man and woman because of her religious beliefs, but she didn't think there should be laws against gay marriage.

When the judges' decision in that pageant came, Cameron said she experienced a quiet moment onstage.

"'Thy will be done,' That's what I kept saying," she said. "Thy will be done."

The crowning of a Miss America began in 1921 as a publicity stunt to persuade tourists on Atlantic City's Boardwalk to stick around after Labor Day.

The bathing revue blossomed in the age of television into an American pop icon before fading in later years and losing it place on network TV in 2004. It moved to the Las Vegas Strip in 2006 in an attempt to reinvent itself and has found a home on cable television.

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On the Net:

Miss America: http://www.missamerica.org/

TLC Network: http://www.tlc.com/

(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

十四歲的我正在念國中,

整天埋首書堆中,

好像沒什麼課外活動,

也很少接觸外面,

這是我們成長的環境.

如果早一點能讓自己的心胸敞開,

視野所見的高度及深度一定不同,

這也是我出國之後很深的體會,

好像很多早該做的事怎沒都沒做呢?

生活中不應該只有書本,考試,分數......

要學習的東西好多好多.