The first Clark County resident to vie for the Miss America crown in two decades will be scored by the pageant’s judges beginning Tuesday.
Since Thursday, Vancouver native Jacquie Brown has been walking runways and posing for photos in Las Vegas, which hosts the annual scholarship contest. But pageant events so far have been for show. The judging starts Tuesday and continues through Saturday, when Brown will represent the state as Miss Washington for the televised finale.
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Until a 2011 Miss America is crowned, Brown will have limited contact with the outside world. Contestants are sequestered in the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, host to the competition, and even family members have limited access, said Lin Jacobus, Brown’s great aunt.
They may not be able to visit, but that won’t stop them from cheering on the Evergreen High School grad.