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)