September 1999
When I was in college, a high school friend of mine, Jill Horner, was Miss New Jersey. I was lucky enough to attend the famous Miss America Pageant at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. She didn’t win, but she did make the top ten!

Jill watching her video onstage

Miss America 2000, Heather French

Donny and Marie Osmond

Donny and Marie Osmond with Top Ten which included Jill

Jill's intro screen (from video feed)

Jill and other contestants enter (from video feed)

The stage at Boardwalk Hall before the pageant

Miss America 2001, Angela Perez Baraquio (Miss Hawaii), being crowned by Heather French

The Top 5 interview competition

Jill and the Top Ten

Jill in the Top Ten (from video feed)