Editor’s Note: This is the third part of a six-week Friday series on the perceptions of beauty. Last week, we looked at the counter campaigns against society’s beauty ideal. Next week, we will ...

LAS VEGAS – Miss Michigan Kirsten Haglund, a 19-year-old aspiring Broadway star, was crowned Miss America 2008 on Saturday in a live show billed as the unveiling of the 87-year-old pageant's new ...

When Kirsten Haglund was crowned Miss America in 2008, she was a vision of health and happiness, making it hard to believe that the blonde beauty had suffered from severe anorexia-nervosa most of ...

Kirsten Haglund is honorary Thanksgiving host this year at the Big Apple’s Rescue Mission. There she is, Miss America — with a roasted turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes and a pumpkin pie for ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - While Kirsten Haglund, Miss America 2008, has fond memories of visiting the Big Apple as a child, she confides a relative unfamiliarity with Staten Island. But not for long.

Miss Michigan Kirsten Haglund, a 19-year-old aspiring Broadway star, was crowned Miss America 2008 in a show billed as the unveiling of the 87-year-old pageant’s updated look. Haglund sang ...

Kirsten Haglund was 19 when she became Miss America in 2008, one of the youngest to win the title. She used that platform to speak about eating disorders.