Brother recalls Haglund playing at winning Miss America

Brother recalls Haglund playing at winning Miss America

Growing up in this Detroit suburb, Kirsten Haglund dressed up as if she was in the Miss America pageant. On Saturday night, she won the real thing.
Haglund, 19, a student at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, won the 2008 Miss America pageant in Las Vegas. She claimed a $50,000 scholarship and a year of travel that comes with the title.
Her brother, Lars Haglund, said his sister would pretend she had been crowned Miss America when they were kids. The family displayed pictures of the siblings' grandmother, Iora Hunt — who was named Miss Michigan in 1944."When we were younger, shed dress up like she was Miss America in the dress," Lars Haglund told the Detroit Free Press during a telephone interview Saturday night.
Haglund is the reigning Miss Oakland County and was crowned Miss Michigan last June in Muskegon. She is a graduate of Western High School in Walled Lake, where school officials recalled her as a good student and citizen.
"Its a testimony to her ability and she was always a good student and citizen of our building," Western principal Leit Jones said. "Were very proud of her. Shes done well for her school, community and family."
Miss Michigan representatives accompanied Haglund and her family to Las Vegas for Saturday's pageant.
"We're all thrilled beyond words," Shelley Taylor, state executive director of Miss Michigan, told the Free Press. "There isnt anyone more deserving."
Source: http://www.mlive.com