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Sharon Pearce
Miss America Organization
609.345.7571
sharon@missamerica.org

Miss America 2006 Jennifer Berry Joins CMT
As A Special Presenter

Watch The CMT Awards Tonight, April 10th, to See Jennifer's Red Carpet Interview
During The Pre-party show - 6:30pm eT/pT, 5:30pm central

And Then Watch Jennifer As A Special Presenter During The Awards Show
- 8:00pm ET/PT, 7:00pm Central

Country music stars will shine along with Miss America 2006 Jennifer Berry at the 2006 CMT Music Awards, CMT's annual award show honoring the fans' choices for best videos of the year. The CMT Music Awards are country music's only fan-voted awards. Miss America 2006 Jennifer Berry will be interviewed on the red carpet, plus be one of the show's special presenters.

The 2006 CMT Music Awards is CMT's annual party honoring the fans and the videos by today's hottest stars in country music. Country comedian Jeff Foxworthy will return as host for the awards, and the show will be packed with top-notch performances by Toby Keith, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Trace Adkins, Gretchen Wilson, Brooks & Dunn, Sugarland and more.

The Pre-Party Show will start tonight at 6:30pm ET/PT, 5:30pm Central and the 2006 Awards Show will start at 8:00pm ET/PT, 7:00pm Central.

The Miss America Organization is one of the nation's leading achievement programs and the world's largest provider of scholarship assistance for young women. Last year, the Miss America Organization and its state and local organizations made available more than $45 million in cash and scholarship assistance. For more information, go to www.missamerica.org.

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9/6/2006 - Don Mischer Productions Tapped To Produce 2007 Miss America Telecast For CMT

8/24/2006 - VIVA LAS VEGAS CMT & Miss America Return to the Aladdin Resort & Casino for the 2007 Miss America Pageant

8/21/2006 - Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2007 Maria DeSantis Crowned in Orlando

8/14/2006 - Miss America 2006 Jennifer Berry Hosts Miss America's Outstanding Teen Pageant in Orlando, FL

8/4/2006 - TV ALERT - Miss America Scheduled to Appear on NBC & CNN: Tuesday, August 8

8/1/2006 - CMT Radio Network Announces New Morning Entertainment Reporter, Miss America 2004 Ericka Dunlap

7/18/2006 - CMT AND MISS AMERICA GO MULTI-NETWORK AND MULTI-PLATFORM WITH NEW PROGRAMMING STRATEGY TO SUPPORT 2007 MISS AMERICA PAGEANT

6/30/2006 - Miss America 2006 Jennifer Berry Salutes the Fourth of July�with Spectacular Events

6/23/2006 - Miss America to Address MADD's Federal Underage Drinking Priorities in DC

6/21/2006 - President Bush Appoints Angela Baraquio Grey to Civic Participation Council

2/2/2006 - Miss America 2006 Jennifer Berry Returns to Atlantic City to Unveil Her Commemorative Plaque at The Miss America RoseWalk

1/21/2006 - A busy week of first appearances for Miss America 2006�Jennifer Berry in New York

1/19/2006 - MISS CALIFORNIA DUSTIN-LEIGH KONZELMAN AND MISS DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SHANNON SCHAMBEAU,WIN PRELIMINARY AWARDS IN 2006 MISS AMERICA COMPETITION

1/18/2006 - MISS OKLAHOMA JENNIFER BERRY AND MISS VIRGINIA KRISTI LAUREN GLAKAS WIN PRELIMINARY AWARDS IN 2006 MISS AMERICA COMPETITION

1/17/2006 - MISS SOUTH CAROLINA ERIKA GRACE POWELL AND MISS UTAH JULIA MARIE BACHISON WIN PRELIMINARY AWARDS

1/12/2006 - "Greatest Miss America Moments" Airing Saturday, January 21 At 7 P.M. ET/PT

11/23/2005 - TICKETS FOR THE 2006 MISS AMERICA PAGEANT ON SALE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26

9/26/2005 - THE PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION TO MANAGE SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR MISS AMERICA ORGANIZATION; CMT DONATES $200K

8/25/2005 - MISS AMERICA RECEIVES RELEASE FROM ATLANTIC CITY CONTRACT. PAGEANT DECIDES IT'S TIME TO MOVE, THANKS AC FOR 85 YEARS OF HOSPITALITY.

8/20/2005 - MISS TEXAS' OUTSTANDING TEEN MEGHAN MILLER WINS FIRST EVER MISS AMERICA'S OUTSTANDING TEEN COMPETITION

8/19/2005 - MISS CALIFORNIA'S OUTSTANDING TEEN, MISS FLORIDA'S OUTSTANDING TEEN WIN PRELIMINARY AWARDS ON THIRD NIGHT

8/18/2005 - MISS UTAH'S OUTSTANDING TEEN, MISS TEXAS' OUTSTANDING TEEN WIN PRELIMINARY AWARDS ON SECOND NIGHT

8/17/2005 - MISS TEXAS' OUTSTANDING TEEN, MISS ARKANSAS' OUTSTANDING TEEN WIN PRELIMINARY AWARDS IN FIRST EVER MISS AMERICA'S OUTSTANDING TEEN PAGEANT

8/11/2005 - FLORIDA'S CYPRESS GARDENS ADVENTURE PARK TO HOST MISS AMERICA'S OUTSTANDING TEENS

8/11/2005 - PRESS CONFERENCE WITH *NSYNC'S JOEY FATONE HOST OF FIRST-EVER MISS AMERICA'S OUTSTANDING TEEN PAGEANT

8/9/2005 - MEDIA ALERT! Miss America's Outstanding Teen Contestants to Visit�Islands of Adventure Theme Park at Universal Orlando Resort - Monday, August 15 at 3:30 p.m.�

8/4/2005 - Panel of Judges Announced for First Miss America's Outstanding Teen Pageant

6/27/2005 - CMT AND MISS AMERICA ORGANIZATION REACH MULTI-YEAR DEAL FOR TELECAST RIGHTS TO "MISS AMERICA PAGEANT"

4/15/2005 - FORMER WMA WORLDWIDE TV HEAD SAM HASKELL, III AND PREMIERE VP / PUBLISHER PAUL J. TURCOTTE TO JOIN THE MISS AMERICA ORGANIZATION'S BOARD

11/22/2004 - Deidre Downs to Perform at the Annual 6ABC/Boscov's Thanksgiving Day Parade in Philadelphia

11/9/2004 - MISS AMERICA 2005 DEIDRE DOWNS LAUNCHES PLATFORM "CURING CHILDHOOD CANCER"

11/9/2004 - Ad Council and CureSearch National Childhood Cancer Foundation Launch National PSA Campaign

9/19/2004 - There she is ... and there she goes. A busy week of first appearances for 2005 Miss America�.

9/15/2004 - MISS GEORGIA, MISS UTAH WIN PRELIMINARY AWARDS IN 2004 MISS AMERICA COMPETITION

9/14/2004 - MISS CALIFORNIA, MISS LOUISIANA WIN PRELIMINARY AWARDS IN 2004 MISS AMERICA COMPETITION

9/14/2004 - DEIDRE DOWNS, MISS ALABAMA, WINS 2004 MISS AMERICA "QUALITY OF LIFE" AWARD

9/14/2004 - MISS MASSACHUSETTS, MISS FLORIDA WIN PRELIMINARY AWARDS IN 2004 MISS AMERICA COMPETITION

9/13/2004 - Clay Aiken Will Be a Special Guest Performer on ABC's "Miss America" Telecast September 18

9/13/2004 - The Traditional Miss America "Toe Dip" Now Located In Front of Boardwalk Hall

8/26/2004 - The 52 Miss America 2004 Contestants Converge on Washington, September 1

8/19/2004 - The Miss America Organization Announces Panel of Judges for the 2004 Miss America Competition

8/16/2004 - The Miss America Organization has announced the 52 contestants who will compete in this year's event to win the title of Miss America 2005

6/1/2004 - Miss America Telecast to Air Saturday, September 18, 2004 from 9-11 p.m. ET

5/5/2004 - Jenni Glenn Joins The Miss America Organization as Director of Communications

3/30/2004 - The Miss America Organization Launches New Pressroom for Media Use

3/29/2004 - Miss America Organization Names Smith O'Keefe As National Public Relations Agency

2/26/2004 - Miss America 1964 Donna Axum Whitworth and FOX News Channel Anchor Greta Van Susteren Join The Miss America Organization Board of Directors

2/26/2004 - The Board of Directors for The Miss America Organization Names Stephen Fuhs New Board Chairman