SARAH BETH JAMES wins Miss Mississippi


SARAH BETH JAMES (Miss Mississippi) at Vicksburg Parade.


ASHLEY MELNICK wins Miss Texas


ASHLEY MELNICK, Texas Pre-Lim Talent Winner
Vocal: "Circle of Life"


Pre-lim Talent Winner & 1st RU Virginia, SHANNON BEAM (On the left)
Vocal: "Out Here On My Own"


SHANNON OLIVER wins pre-lim talent in Virginia
Opera: "Nessun Dorma"


KENDAL MORRIS Texas 3rd Runner Up
Piano: "Battle Hymn"


ALLISON SEWARD Texas Top 8
Piano: "Maleguena"


Kansas Pre-lim Talent Winner & 4th RU, HILLARY BOYLE
Vocal: "Time to Say Goodbye"


Nebraska Pre-lim Talent Winner & 1st RU DEVIN HOWELL
Piano: "Nostradamis"


ASHELY DAVIS wins Miss Alabama 2010.


NICOLE JORDAN wins Miss Tennessee 2010


ERIN BAGBY, Missouri 1st Runner Up
Vocal: "Somebody to Love"


WHITNEY THORPE KLINSKY wins Miss Illinois 2010.


Miss Virginia, CARESSA CAMERON, (left) wins Pre-lim Talent award.


CARESSA CAMERON performing "Listen."


Top Ten at Miss America 2010
(Left to Right) Miss California, Miss Virginia*, Miss District of Columbia, Miss New Mexico*, Miss Louisiana*, Miss Nebraska*, Miss Tennessee*, Miss Texas, Miss Kentucky*, Miss Hawaii

*= Contestants that Bill did the music for.


Bill with Miss Tennessee, STEFANIE WITTLER.


Miss Nebraska, BRITTANYJEFFERS, reacts to being called Top Ten.


Miss Michigan, NICOLE BLASZCYK (left) wins Pre-lim Talent award.


NICOLE BLASZCYK performs lyric dance to "Lifetime."


SARAH SLOCUM being Crowned Miss Arkansas 2009.


Crowning of Miss Mississippi 2009, ANNA TADLOCK.
Vocal: “A New Life”


MALLORY ERVIN(right) wins Pre-Lim Talent in Kentucky.
Vocal: “On My Own”


ADRIANNA NELSON (far right) Pre-Lim Talent Winner and Top 10 Miss Texas 2009.
Vocal: “How Great Thou Art”


KATHERINE PUTTMAN, Miss Louisiana 2009.
Piano: “Halleluia Chorus”


Miss Virginia 2009 CARESSA CAMERON (left) Talent Winner.
Vocal: “Listen

Miss Virginia 2009 1st Runner Up SHANNON BEAM (right).
Vocal: “Footprints in the Sand”


CARESSA CAMERON (left)
Pre-Lim Talent Winner Miss Virginia 2009.
Vocal: “Listen”


Miss South Carolina 2009 KELLEY SLOAN.
Vocal: “For Once In My Life”


AMANDA KELLY Miss Massachusetts 2009.
Vocal: “Somewhere That's Green”


McKENZIE BART (Pennsylvania Teen Contestant)
works with BILL and KIM KIRCHER (KIM does Vocal Blocking)


Miss Tennessee, ELLEN CARRINGTON (Top Ten Miss America) performs “Vole Mon Ange” at Miss America 2009.


Miss District of Columbia KATE GRINOLD (Top Ten Miss America) performs dance to “Tanguera” at Miss America 2009.


GALEN GIACCONE (right), Miss Delaware, wins Pre-Lim Talent at Miss America 2009.


GALEN GIACCONE performs “El Cumbanchero” at Miss America 2009.


Two Miss Americas, LAUREN NELSON and KIRSTEN HAGLUND.


The announcement of Miss America 2008, KIRSTEN HAGLUND.

KIRSTEN HAGLUND's crowning moment.


Miss America 2008, KIRSTEN HAGLUND.


Miss Mississippi and Miss Missouri 2007.


AMBER BENNETT, Miss Arkansas 2006, still modeling!



Miss Mississippi 2006, TARYN FOSHEE, performs “El Cumbanchero” at the piano.


AMBER BENNETT performing “Come Rain or Come Shine” at Miss America 2007.


SARAH FRENCH performing “I've Got the World on a String” at Miss America 2007.


Miss Missouri SARAH FRENCH and Miss Mississippi TARYN FOSHEE at Miss America 2007.


Miss Missouri SARAH FRENCH and Miss Arkansas AMBER BENNETT at Miss America 2007.


Miss Arkansas, EUDORA MOSBY, performed “Dream in Color” at Miss America 2006.


Miss Florida, MARI WILENSKY performs “Bridge Over Troubled Water” at Miss America 2006.


Miss Missouri, STACIE COOLEY performs “Last Dance” at Miss America 2006.


Pre-Lim Talent Winner, Miss South Carolina Erika Grace Powell, performing “Time to Say Goodbye” at Miss America 2006.


SHANDI FINNESSEY, Miss Missouri America 2002, performing “Variations on Flight of the Bumble Bee.”


PAM McKELVY (Miss Kansas 1992, Talent Winner/3rd Runner Up to Miss America) wins Talent Award at Miss America.


STEPHANIE PATTERSON, Miss Missouri 1992, in Atlantic City singing “I Have Dreamed.”


(left to right) WHITNEY WEEKS (Miss Missouri 2004), AMBER ETHERIDGE (Miss Missouri 2003), and MEGAN BUSHELL (Miss Kansas 2004) at BILL's Christmas Party.


(left to right) WHITNEY WEEKS (Miss Missouri 2004), MEGAN BUSHELL (Miss Kansas 2004) and OLENA REUBEN (Miss Hawaii 2004) at BILL's Christmas Party.