One of the highlight's of every Miss America celebration is the adorable "fun facts" that pop up during the aptitude antagonism (who can balloon that Miss Florida 2015 already punched a shark?). But why achieve for alone 10 contestants' facts? We begin one for anniversary of them, taken from Miss America profiles, interviews, their amusing media profiles, and animate any/all of the adorableness queens to get in blow if they accept ~even funnier~ fun facts to share:
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When she's not singing opera, Miss South Dakota Julia Olson has another, hardly added abnormal talent: she can anesthetize chickens.
Amanda Debus begin her Miss Delaware belvedere back she ate a allotment of pineapple — her throat bankrupt up and she had to go to the hospital. She now uses her abnormal abhorrence to apostle for abhorrence awareness.
Forget dancing on stage. Miss North Dakota Macy Christianson can brawl on skis. Don't accept us? Watch for yourself:
Miss Arkansas Savvy Shields is an crazily talented, and um, rather blowzy artist:
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Miss Florida Courtney Sexton's dream job is to assignment with penguins at a zoo.
Miss Kansas Kendall Schoenekase's aftermost name agency "beautiful cheese" in German. Acme her RIGHT NOW, then?
Miss Idaho Kylee Solberg was a able average academy bowler. She alike had her own customized pink-and-black bowling ball, and it was ambrosial too.
Miss Oregon Alexis Mather loves herself some brief oats.
When Miss Massachusetts Alissa Musto struts her actuality on the Miss America stage, two things will be fake: her two advanced teeth. Back she was belief away in Spain, she tripped, fell and agape out her advanced teeth, so she had to get affected ones put in.
Miss Alabama Hayley Barber grew up with a paralyzing abhorrence of dogs. But she's able now.
Miss District of Columbia Cierra Jackson was featured in Michelle Obama's #JoiningForces campaign, afterwards administration her adventure of growing up in a aggressive family.
Miss Utah Lauren Wilson can beachcomber her larboard pinky toe.
Jaryn Franklin watches video of her Miss Illinois consummate moment assorted times a day. It's a big moment!
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Miss California Jessa Carmack can do the splits... upside down:
Miss New Jersey Brenna Weick went through a appearance back she would watch Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban every night afore bed, because annihilation says candied dreams like Dementors.
Miss West Virginia Morgan Breeden has competed in the Miss America celebration affairs at all three levels — angel (kiddie pageant), teen, and now the big leagues. Third time's the charm?
Miss America isn't the alone civic appellation Miss Texas Caroline Carothers has competed for. She's won civic and common awards for billy twirling, which is additionally her celebration talent. GET EXCITED!
Before acceptable Miss Arizona, Katelyn Niemiec saw "way added than [she] capital to in a men's locker room" as a sports reporter. (LOL peen.)
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Miss Tennessee acme Grace Burgess would adulation to accept a Dolly Parton-themed authorization plate.
Just a absolute adduce from Miss Colorado Shannon Patilla: "pizza is my happiness."
Miss Iowa Kelly Koch has abundant aftertaste in Snapchat Discover, aloof saying:
Miss Wisconsin Courtney Pelot loves cutting annihilation with feathers. Get calm with Miss SD, Courtney!
Miss Pennsylvania Samantha Lambert wants to arise on Cupcake Wars.
Miss Indiana Brianna DeCamp has a active accomplice to accumulate her motivated during workouts. And that active accomplice is a horse. Named Nevada.
Miss New York Camille Sims can't angle red adhering bears.
Laura Lee Lewis looks altered as Miss Mississippi than she did as Miss Mississippi's Outstanding Teen. Afterwards acceptable the boyhood title, Laura Lee had to accept reconstructive facial anaplasty for midfacial hypoplasia — arrested cheekbones and eye sockets, and faster-than-normal lower facial cartilage growth. She was afraid for how she looked afore the anaplasty and has said that acquaintance has helped her grow.
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Miss Wyoming Jordyn Hall says she's aggressive by her dog, because "she thinks I'm the bomb dot com."
Miss Hawaii Allison Chu sang with Bruno Mars back she was a kid, and aloof attending at this photo of them together:
Miss New Mexico Stephanie Chavez can name all the U.S. presidents, in order, "in beneath 20 seconds."
Miss America is in Justine Ker's blood. The accepted Miss Louisiana is the accessory of Crystal Lee, Miss California 2013 and aboriginal runner-up to Miss America 2014.
While Miss Maryland Hannah Brewer's sister Nicole was Miss Pennsylvania 2005, authoritative it to the top 10 in that year's Miss America pageant.
Miss Oklahoma Sarah Klein's aboriginal job was bathrobe up as the Chick-Fil-A cow and bouncing to bodies on the street.
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Winning Miss Maine is far from the aboriginal time Marybeth Noonan has acquainted like a princess. Marybeth additionally works as "princess entertainment" for little girls' birthdays, and works as Elsa from Frozen and Rapunzel from Tangled.
Erin O'Flaherty has already fabricated history as Miss Missouri, acceptable the aboriginal aboveboard gay woman to win a accompaniment celebration that leads to Miss America.
Miss Georgia Patricia Ford is bedeviled with cats. She wants to accept one, get a appropriate haversack for it and accompany it with her to all her Miss Georgia (or Miss America) appearances.
Miss Puerto Rico Carole Rigual has seven scars on her face.
Miss Vermont Rylee Field is acutely a hopeless romantic:
Miss Nevada Bailey Gumm is not alone celebration royalty, but accompanying to Hollywood royalty. She's descended from Judy Garland, whose absolute name was Frances Gumm.
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Miss Washington Alicia Cooper loves the aroma of beginning laid case dust. And pancakes!
Miss Michigan Arianna Quan was afraid back she was adolescent because, as an immigrant from China, she didn't allege English well. On one academy trip, she was pushed into a accumulation of cow manure.
Bo, the Aboriginal Family's pet dog, already baffled Miss New Hampshire Caroline Carter.
At alone 18 years old, Alice Magoto won Miss Ohio on her aboriginal try, cutting her brawl dress.
This is Kendall Bautista's additional time actuality Miss Alaska. She was Miss Alaska USA in 2014 and competed at the Miss USA pageant.
Before acceptable Miss Montana, Lauren Scofield endemic an ice chrism barter as a aerial academy student.
It took Miss Nebraska Aleah Peters three attempts to acreage her state's appellation — she placed additional runner-up, again aboriginal runner-up, and again won.
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Miss Kentucky Laura Jones can comedy Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" on the violin.
As a two-year-old, Miss Minnesota, Madeline Van Ert won a karaoke challenge at the Minnesota Accompaniment Fair.
Miss Connecticut Alyssa Taglia still brings her babyish absolute with her to pageants as a advantageous charm.
Miss Rhode Island Shruti Nagarajan was built-in in Guam.
While she's an able dancer, that's not Miss South Carolina Rachel Wyatt's alone talent. In her account for Miss America's Outstanding Boyhood in 2013, she rapped for the board – and concluded up acceptable the pageant.
Miss North Carolina McKenzie Faggart's dream is to drive on a NASCAR track.
Miss Virginia Michaela Sigmon's ancestor had the "terrifying task" of carrying her afterwards her mom went into activity aboriginal at home.
