1. Katie R Stam Irk is an American beauty queen from Seymour, Indiana, who was crowned Miss America 2009.
14 Facts About Katie Stam
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Katie Stam grew up on a dairy farm with her three siblings.
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Katie Stam participated in 4-H as a child and showed dairy cattle at the Jackson County Fair.
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Katie Stam graduated from Seymour High School in Seymour, Indiana, and later received her bachelor's degree in communication studies from the University of Indianapolis.
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Katie Stam interned at the Indianapolis news station, WTHR, in 2007.
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Katie Stam began competing in pageants at the age of 15, winning a local title before being named Kentuckiana Teen and advancing and winning her first national pageant.
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Katie Stam later won Indiana's Junior Miss in 2005, and was named second runner-up at the 2005 America's Junior Miss competition.
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In November 2007, Katie Stam won the local Miss Duneland title.
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Katie Stam competed in the Miss Indiana pageant for the first time during June 2008, and was crowned Miss Indiana.
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Katie Stam was the first to receive a "Golden Sash" during the first episode.
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In interviews held after her winning the Miss America crown, Katie Stam expressed interest in completing her bachelor's degree in communication at the University of Indianapolis and seeking a career as a television news reporter and anchor after her reign.
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On Thanksgiving Day 2009, Katie Stam served food at the New York Rescue Mission, and appeared on a float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the first Miss America to do so in nearly a decade.
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Katie Stam met President Obama through a joint meeting with the Children's Miracle Network Hospital Champions at the White House.
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Katie Stam Irk gave birth to a daughter in August 2013, and to a second daughter in May 2015.