MISS RHODE ISLAND'S OUTSTANDING TEEN
AND MISS CALIFORNIA'S OUTSTANDING TEEN WIN PRELIMINARY AWARDS

PHOTOS AVAILABLE ONLINE

Miss Rhode Island's Outstanding Teen, Emily Luther, was named Thursday night's preliminary talent winner at the Linda Chapin Theater in the Orange County Convention Center during the third night of preliminary competition. Also in the spotlight was Miss California's Outstanding Teen, Monica Stainer, who won the preliminary award for Evening Wear

MAOT, the "little sister" to Miss America, hosts its national competition in Orlando during the week of August 11-15, 2009 with 52 state representatives competing in various competitions for a chance to win over $30,000 in college scholarships and the title of Miss America's Outstanding Teen. The competition will be held in the Linda Chapin Theatre at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando.

Follow the competition online by viewing photos on the Miss America's Outstanding Teen website, www.MAOTEEN.org.

About Miss America's Outstanding Teen
A sister company to the Miss America Organization, Miss America's Outstanding Teen promotes scholastic achievement, creative accomplishment, healthy living and community involvement for America's teens. MAOT has provided over $3 million in scholarship assistance to its participants since 2005. For further information about MAOT or to obtain press credentials or tickets to the week long event, log onto www.maoteen.org or contact Allison Kreiger Walsh at 321-231-0791 or Allison@maoteen.org . MAOTeen and Miss America's Outstanding Teen and all related titles, characters, and logos are trademarks of Miss America's Outstanding Teen Organization, Inc. a 501 c 3, Not for Profit Corporation.

About the Linda W. Chapin Theater
Offering aesthetic and technical perfection, the Orange County Convention Center's 2,643-seat Linda W. Chapin Theater is an ideal venue for all types of theatrical and musical performances, award presentations and corporate events. The Chapin Theater is located in the West Concourse of the Orange County Convention Center, the second-largest convention center in the country. For more information about the Chapin Theater and Convention Center visit www.occc.net.

MISS AMERICA'S OUTSTANDING TEEN ANNOUNCES
FINAL NIGHT CELEBRITY JUDGE!

Orlando, FL-- Prince Lorenzo Borghese, fresh off his world-wide adventure on his new show America's Next Princess, will join the accomplished judging panel on Saturday evening to help decide who will be crowned Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2010.

MAOT, the "little sister" to Miss America, will host its national competition in Orlando, FL during the week of August 11-15, 2009 with 52 state representatives competing in various competitions for a chance to win over $30,000 in college scholarships and the title of Miss America's Outstanding Teen. The competition will be held in the Linda Chapin Theatre at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando.

Borghese has been touring the country promoting his new web reality show, "America's Next Princess," that will begin airing on Monday, August 17th on www.AmericasNextPrincess.com. 

Borghese starred on the 9th season of ABC's The Bachelor and is now the executive producer of his own web reality series. This time around, it's his show. His rules. His way. And, there's a dramatic surprise twist to the entire series - reality television has never looked like this before!

The MAOT judging panel also includes Miss America 2006 Jennifer Berry Gooden; prosecuting attorney and former Miss Louisiana, Faith Jenkins; Entrepreneur and former Miss D.C., Marshawn Evans; Actress and former Miss Florida, Nancy Stafford; and Vice President of Venues and Events for University Properties International, Tony Peluso.

For more information on MAOT, please visit www.MAOTeen.org. To purchase tickets, please visit www.ticketmaster.com

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About Lorenzo Borghese: Lorenzo Borghese: Prince Lorenzo Borghese was born in Milan, lived in Rome and outside Paris, and moved to Connecticut when he was five years old. Proud of his genealogy, his storied paternal ancestors include the cosmetics icon, Princess Marcella Borghese, and Pope Paul V (Camillo Borghese) and Cardinal Scipione Borghese, both of whom had an enormous influence on Italian art and beautifying Rome in the 1600's, including helping finish St. Peter's Basilica. The Borghese name is displayed throughout Italy, and one of Rome's most famous streets, Via Borghese, is named after the family. Lorenzo graduated from Rollins College in Winter Park, FL, and earned an MBA from Fordham University in New York. He currently juggles a variety of challenging positions in the cosmetics and pet industries.

He is the founder and president of Royal Treatment Italian Pet Spa, a bath, body and skin care line for pets, using the finest natural cosmetics from Italy, as well as Royal Pet Club, an ecommerce discount pet site. In 2008, he founded Nuzzleplanet.com, a social networking site for animal lovers. Lorenzo is an animal rights advocate, working with numerous animal shelters throughout the country. He is also a managing partner with his father, Prince Francesco, in LB2, LLC, a private label Italian cosmetics company, and Executive Vice President of Multimedia Exposure, Inc., a family owned business that acts as an agency for various products for television shopping networks in the U.S. and Europe.

In the fall of 2007, Lorenzo starred in the ninth season of ABC's popular reality show, The Bachelor, and he has appeared on numerous television shows, including Good Morning America, Ellen, Dancing with the Stars, and Live with Regis and Kelly.

Thank you so much to the Chairman of the Miss America Board, Sam Haskell III, for joining us at MAOT! Sam signed autographs and promoted his new book, Promises I Made My Mother on Thursday evening. Make sure you meet Sam on Saturday evening before the pageant during his autograph signing.

THE 2009 MAOT'S Princesses brought to you
by Crowning Around By Autumn!!

Today all of our Miss America's Outstanding Teen princesses were crowned by Miss America, Katie Stam, and Miss America's Outstanding Teen, Taylor Fitch. The contestants and princesses enjoyed a wonderful lunch sponsored by fourpoints Magazine!
For more information about Crowning Around by Autumn, please visit www.crowningaroundbyautumn.com 

To subscribe to fourpoints, please visit www.fourpointsmagazine.com

This evening the princesses had the chance to have dinner with the teen contestants thanks to Buca di Beppo! They also received Webkinz during their party! Thank you so much to these two new sponsors!

Please stop by Registration Desk 3 to purchase your Printroom Photo Pass! This discounted rate is only available at MAOT!
 

CHECK OUT JASMINE ON FOX!
http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/entertainment/american_idol/081309_iold_jasmine_murray

Jasmine also performed during Thursday's show and signed the cover of fourpoints Magazine for her fans before the show.

MAOT TICKETS!

Make sure you purchase you tickets on www.Ticketmaster.com

Due to Enterteenment's new broadcast deals including MAOT, Varsity TV, Youniversity TV and the High School Sports Network, Enterteenment has decided to release everything on their new video network platform at the same time so that all the channels will benefit from each other's audience, growing both audience and sponsorship participation. In addition to MAOT airing on Enterteenment on October 10^th, Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2010 will grace the cover of their new magazine debuting on Oct 12th! Stay tuned for more details!