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Subject: Go Green with Tamara......I just voted for my girl California and thought all of you would like to check out the contestants and their speaking skills!!


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Date Posted: 19:16:19 10/18/09 Sun
http://www.greentwithtamara.com/pg_contest.php

not that good with posting a link.....hope it works

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Subject: IYO, who is the greatest Miss America from the early years (1920's & 1930's)?


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Date Posted: 19:19:20 11/10/09 Tue
Your favorite Miss America from the earliest years of the pageant (1921-1939)

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Subject: UPDATED--Miss America/CMN Fundraising Meter since 9 November 2009, according to the MAO website.


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Date Posted: 19:08:24 11/10/09 Tue
US$3,565,000+ from $2.8 million (?)

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Subject: IYO, who is the greatest Miss America of the 1970's?


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Date Posted: 12:35:51 11/09/09 Mon
Your favorite Miss America from the decade of Watergate, the end of the Vietnam War(?), the Arab oil embargo, disco, platforms and bell bottoms, glam rock, Charlie's Angels, and three presidents--Nixon, Ford, and Carter.

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Subject: Miss Oklahoma pageant chief leaves a legacy of enthusiasm


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Date Posted: 05:17:49 11/11/09 Wed


Former pageant executive Charlie Welch (center) is shown with several former Miss Oklahomas and Miss Americas at the 2007 Miss Oklahoma pageant. Jim Grillot/Courtesy
By TIM STANLEY World Staff Writer
Published: 11/11/2009 2:22 AM
Last Modified: 11/11/2009 4:01 AM

While watching proudly each year as another reigning Miss Oklahoma crowned her tearful successor, pageant chief Charlie Welch was busy grooming his own successors.

Over the four decades he was involved, the longtime executive director exuded a contagious enthusiasm for the annual events, which he passed on not only to his family but to the legion of volunteers and supporters he recruited, as well.

"Dad was not shy about asking anybody to do anything," said Kay Alexander, Welch's daughter and the current Miss Oklahoma Pageant's executive director.

"This was his passion and he was instrumental in making this program grow into one of the best in the nation."

Charles Edwin Welch, a noted Realtor who served the Tulsa-based pageant as executive director for 20 years and then in other capacities, died Saturday. He was 82.

A memorial service is set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at New Haven United Methodist Church under the direction of Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home.

Alexander isn't the only family member carrying on the tradition; her two daughters help with the pageant's mentoring program for young girls, she said.

Thanks to Welch's influence, former Miss Oklahoma Mignon Merchant-Ball, who held the crown in 1986, also has continued to volunteer.

"I've always said that had my father not been available to walk me down the aisle, I would have had Charlie do it," Merchant-Ball said.

Welch began volunteering with the pageant in 1966 — the same year Miss Oklahoma Jane Ann Jayroe was named Miss America — and became executive director in 1972 after persuading the Kiwanis Club of Tulsa, of which he was a member, to take over its sponsorship.

The pageant gave out $2,500 in scholarships to pageant contestants in 1972, Welch's first year directing; since that time, more than $1.8 million in cash has been raised, with about $70,000 being given out annually.

The pageant has produced four more Miss Americas since 1972.

Welch was recognized in 2003 with the Miss America Academy of Honor Award for his lifetime contributions.

But he always preferred that the pageant participants get the attention, friends say.

"He just enjoyed helping the young women of Oklahoma move forward in pursuing their life goals, financing their educations and developing their skills," Alexander said.

Welch's survivors include his wife, Mary Welch; two sons, Gary Welch and Kirk Welch; one daughter, Kay Alexander; six grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

A scholarship has been created in Welch's honor. Donations may be made to the Tulsa Kiwanis Foundation — Miss Oklahoma Fund, 3211 S. Lakewood Ave., Tulsa, OK 74135.

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Subject: Class of 2010


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Date Posted: 06:53:38 11/07/09 Sat


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