Kirsten Haglund
| Kirsten Haglund | |
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| Born |
September 14, 1988 Farmington Hills, Michigan |
| Alma mater |
Walled Lake Western High School Emory University |
| Title |
Miss America 2008 Miss Michigan 2007 |
| Predecessor | Lauren Nelson |
| Successor | Katie Stam |
| Spouse(s) | Ryan Smith (m. 2012-present) |
| Website | www |
Kirsten Iora Haglund (born September 14, 1988) is a public speaker and president of the Kirsten Haglund Foundation who served as Miss America 2008. Haglund is the lead anchor of the "Morning Briefing" on Styrk.com, an online news network.
Haglund graduated from Walled Lake Western High School in 2006 and spent one year pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati, Ohio. She took time off to fulfill her duties as Miss Michigan and prepare for the Miss America pageant. After completing her year of service, Kirsten continued to travel and speak on body-image issues and eating disorders, also having begun her own 501 (c) 3 non-profit foundation (the Kirsten Haglund Foundation) to provide treatment scholarships for women struggling with the illness. Kirsten lived for one year in Los Angeles, California, and then returned to school to finish her degree at Emory University, using the over $60,000 in scholarship she won competing in the Miss America Organization. She received a B.A. in political science from Emory in May 2013. In July 2012, she married Ryan Smith. She is a frequent commentator on politics, the millennial generation, women's and celebrity issues on Hannity, Red Eye w/Greg Gutfeld, Fox & Friends, and The Real Story on Fox News Channel, and Real News on The Blaze. She has also made guest appearances on panels on Huffington Post Live, HLN (TV channel), The Joy Behar Show, and on Fox Business News.
In other broadcasting work, Kirsten has appeared as a sideline correspondent for the 2012 and 2013 National Memorial Day Parades in Washington, D.C., televised in the DC Metro Area, conducting interviews with United States Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, actors Gary Sinise and Joe Mantegna and others. She also served as a correspondent for the 6ABC telecast of the 2013 "Show Us Your Shoes" Parade, as a part of the Miss America Organization's return of the pageant to Atlantic City, New Jersey. As parade correspondent, she hosted segments alongside Lee Meriwether, Miss America 1955 and Phil Laduca, and conducted interviews with Pageant and Bachelor host Chris Harrison and Good Morning America's Lara Spencer. She also appeared as a guest co-host for the hour-long 6ABC pre-pageant broadcast on September 16, 2013.
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