ATOYIA DEANS | Times.TP_304689_DEAN_hope_1of 2 (04/16/2009 TAMPA) Kirsten Haglund, Miss America 2008, listens to women discuss their struggles with eating disorders during a group session at the USF's Hope House. Haglund. Haglund speaks around the country raising ...

Kirsten Haglund, Miss America, 2008, smiles after signing a Michigan Action Petition for mental health parity, improved funding for eating disorders treatment and research during a Worldwide Charter for Action on Eating Disorders at the State Capital Building in Lansing ...

Miss Indiana Katie Stam is crowned Miss America 2009 by Miss America 2008 Kirsten Haglund in Las Vegas on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)

Reigning Miss America Kirsten Haglund, of Michigan, finishes performing the national anthem before the Denver Nuggets host the New Orleans Hornets in the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Denver on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/David ...