READY TO LEAVE FOR UNIVERSAL STUDIOS --- MISS SOUTH DAKOTA MORGAN PECK, MISS PUERTO RICO MIMI PABON, SHANNON, MISS WEST VIRGINIA TALIA ROCHELLE MARKHAM, MISS ARKANSAS SARAH SLOCUM, MISS MISSOURI TARA OSSECK, MISS ILLINOIS ERIN O'CONNER, AND MISS OKLAHOMA TAYLOR TREAT

THE MISS AMERICA CONTESTANTS AT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS

SHANNON AT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS

ANOTHER GROUP PHOTO AT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS

MISS MINNESOTA BROOKE KILGARIFF, SHANNON AND MISS MICHIGAN NICOLE BLASZCZYK

MISS ALABAMA LIZ COCHRAN, SHANNON, MISS OKLAHOMA TAYLOR TREAT, MISS MISSOURI TARA OSSECK AND MISS ARKANSAS SARAH SLOCUM

SOME OF THE  MISS AMERICA CONTESTANTS INCLUDING SHANNON ON THE BUS

SHANNON DRESSED UP AND READY TO ATTEND THE PRELIMINARY COMPLIMENTS OF PROM EXCITEMENT OF KINGSTON

MISS PENNSYLVANIA PRESIDENT AND TREASURER STEVE LUPINETTI AND SHANNON

SHANNON AND MISS PENNSYLVANIA PAGEANT 2009 PHOTOGRAPHER JOE WHITEKO

SHANNON WITH NEW FRIEND VICKI MORRISON

SHANNON WITH AND HER MOTHER

MISS GEORGIA EMILY COOK, SHANNON AND MISS WYOMING ANNA NELSON