Best of Luck to Miss Ohio Melanie Murphy in Hollywood!

Miss Ohio, Melanie Murphy left yesterday for Los Angeles, California to film a two-hour television special that will air on CMT prior to the pageant in January. [Photo on the left from the Miss Ohio website.]

Originally, a reality show was going to be filmed and the Miss America contestants would have been competing in preliminary competition this week. However, that was changed; this week the contestants will be filming getting-to-know-you interviews and such.

During the recent Miss Miami Valley pageant, Melanie told the audience that a bit of reality will still be infused into the program, as contestants will be constantly recorded- from their rehearsals to their private phone calls!

CLICK HERE to read the Miss America press release titled, “52 MISS AMERICA CONTESTANTS ARE HOLLYWOOD BOUND; CMT BEGINS FILMING FOR PAGEANT SPECIAL.”