17 Facts About Kirsten Haglund

At age 12, Haglund moved to Pennsylvania and lived with a host family to study ballet at the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet School.

Kirsten 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.

Kirsten Haglund took time off to fulfill her duties as Miss Michigan 2007 and prepare for and compete in the 2008 Miss America pageant.

Kirsten Haglund won a preliminary swimsuit award and at the conclusion of the final competition was crowned Miss Michigan.

Kirsten Haglund represented Michigan in the Miss America 2008 pageant broadcast on TLC from the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 26,2008.

Kirsten Haglund won a preliminary swimsuit award on Wednesday night, becoming her state's first preliminary swimsuit award winner since 1987.

Kirsten Haglund's platform was "Eating Disorder Awareness," as she personally suffered from anorexia for five years beginning at age twelve.

Kirsten Haglund succeeded Lauren Nelson, of Lawton, Oklahoma and was Michigan's fifth Miss America.

At 19, Kirsten Haglund was the youngest competing and the youngest Miss America winner since Kimberly Aiken took the title in 1993.

Kirsten Haglund spoke at Harvard University and for the National Press Club on her platform of "Eating Disorder Awareness," and lobbied with the Eating Disorders Coalition on Capitol Hill for Mental Health Parity, speaking at a congressional briefing on her own personal battle and recovery from anorexia nervosa.

Kirsten Haglund met with President Bush at the White House while participating in CMN's "Champions Across America" event.

Kirsten Haglund served as a Community Relations Specialist at the Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center in Lemont, Illinois, and is an ambassador for the National Eating Disorders Association.

Kirsten Haglund has made guest appearances on panels on Huffington Post Live, HLN, The Joy Behar Show, and on Fox Business News.

Kirsten Haglund 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.

Kirsten Haglund appeared as a guest co-host for the hour-long 6ABC pre-pageant broadcast on September 16,2013.

Kirsten Haglund was the lead anchor of the daily, "Morning Briefing" on Styrk.

In October 2019, Kirsten Haglund married Amadeus Muller-Daubermann, in Marco de Canaveses, Portugal.