Miss America 2009 Katie Stam Goes On The Road

The new 2009 Miss America, Katie Stam, has barely recovered from the surprise and excitement of winning her crown on Saturday evening in Las Vegas.

The lovely brunette is already booked solid for the upcoming week in New York City where she begins her very busy appearance schedule for the next twelve months as she kicks off her National Appearance Tour.

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Katie will kick off her first appearance on Monday, January 26, 2009 at 7:15 am EST on Fox News Channel's FOX & Friends.

Katie will be doing an exclusive interview with former Miss America 1989 Gretchen Carlson.  After chatting with Gretchen Katie will be whisked off to her next interview at 9:00 am on Live with Regis and Kelly.

From there Miss America makes her way to NBC's Today show with form Regis sidekick, Kathie Lee Gifford and her own sidekick, Hoda Kotb.

After taking care of Miss America business Katie will be back at Fox at 7:00 pm on Fox News Channel's Scoreboard. From there she will appear on Inside Edition.  To be sure of the time check your local listings.

If you're already exhausted by her first day, keep in mind she will be keeping this type of schedule for the next years.

On Tuesday, January 27th Katie picks up where she left off and will appear on The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet on FOX.   She will also appear on Fox News Channel;s The Bull & Bear.

On Wednesday, January 28, 2009 Miss America will appear at 7:45 am on CW11 Morning Show in the NYC area only.  Later that day she will appear on 10:30 am on Better TV (www.better.tv).

Besides television interviews the lovely new Miss America will participate in many radio, newspaper and magazine interviews - including People!.

Some of the annual appearances Miss America traditionally makes includes trips to Children's Hospitals around the United States as well as representing Miss America at special celebrations and parades.

Miss America 2009 Katie Stam is from Indianoplis, Indiana and is it very likely that she will return home for a special celebration during the first few months of her reign.

During her reign Miss America logs approximately 20,000 miles a month, changing her location every 18 - 36 hours and reaching out to support charitable and community endeavors that characterize her present-day image.