MISS AMERICA LAS VEGAS (AP) (wgvu) - JUST THREE YEARS AGO, MICHIGAN'S FUTURE MISS
AMERICA WAS EATING TINY PORTIONS OF FOOD AND BECAME SO THIN HER
CONCERNED PARENTS DRAGGED HER TO THE DOCTOR.
THE BALLET DANCER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ANOREXIA.
THE LACK OF NUTRITION CAUSED KIRSTEN HAGLUND'S COLLAR BONES TO
STICK OUT, HER HEART RATE TO DROP AND HER RELATIONSHIPS TO SUFFER.
THE 19-YEAR-OLD OVERCAME THE DISEASE AND WAS CROWNED MISS
AMERICA 2008 SATURDAY NIGHT IN LAS VEGAS.
THE FARMINGTON HILLS, MICHIGAN, NATIVE SANG "OVER THE RAINBOW"
AND WALKED A CROWD-PLEASING STRUT IN A BLACK AND GOLD BIKINI TO
CLINCH THE TITLE.
SHE SAYS SHE WANTS TO PERFORM ON BROADWAY.
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