IV 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 482 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 21, 2009 Mr. Kissell submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform RESOLUTION Congratulating Miss Kristen Dalton for being crowned Miss USA 2009.

Whereas Kristen Dalton grew up in Concord, North Carolina, and now lives in Wilmington, North Carolina; Whereas Kristen Dalton is currently an honors college psychology and Spanish major at East Carolina University (ECU); Whereas Kristen Dalton is the ECU Vice-President of Leadership for ODK National Leadership Honors Society, the Vice-President of Psychology Honors Society, and she plans leadership events and forums on campus; Whereas Kristen Dalton has lived in and completed mission work in Guatemala and Spain, and is eager to travel to South Africa to work on the AIDS campaign and other countries around the world; Whereas Kristen Dalton won the Miss USA crown on April 19, 2009, in Las Vegas, Nevada; Whereas the pageant included contestants from all 50 States and the District of Columbia; Whereas Kristen Dalton won Miss North Carolina in November 2008; Whereas Kristen Dalton also served as former Miss Greater Wilmington 2006 as well; Whereas Kristen Dalton’s mother, Jennie Dalton, was Miss North Carolina USA in 1982, and her sister Julia Dalton, served as Miss Teen North Carolina USA in 2008; and Whereas Kristen Dalton will go on to represent the United States in the Miss Universe pageant which will be held in the Bahamas in August 2009: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives congratulates Miss Kristen Dalton for being crowned Miss USA 2009.