America's Junior Miss 2008
Lindsey Brinton of Utah won the title of America's Junior Miss 2008. Lindsey won a total of $54,000 in cash scholarships at the national level, which includes preliminary awards in scholastics, interview, fitness and talent. She plans to attend Harvard in the fall to pursue a career in biomedical engineering.

Learn more about Lindsey here!

First Runner Up
Helen Ching of North Carolina (pictured on left) won first runner up to America's Junior Miss and a total of $26,000 in cash scholarships. Helen won a preliminary award for her talent, a martial arts form and weapons demonstration. Helen will attend the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in the fall with plans to become a Pediatric Dentist.

Second Runner Up
California's Jackie Rotman won second runner up (pictured on right) during the 51st AJM National Finals, winning a total of $20,000 in cash scholarships. Jackie won a preliminary award for scholastics and satellite awards for her Be Your Best Self essay and the Wintzell's My Town Award. Jackie will be a student at Stanford in the fall and lists social entrepreneurship and human biology as her career goals.

Eight Finalists
AJM Finalists were Lindsey Brinton (Utah), Jackie Rotman (California), Helen Ching (North Carolina), Lauren Gessner (Ohio), Norma Boyd (Alabama), Marianna Breland (Mississippi), Nanxi Liu (Colorado), and Kaileigh Bullard (Oklahoma).

Scholastics Awards
The following Junior Misses received preliminary awards in the scholastic category: Jackie Rotman of California; Lindsey Brinton of Utah; Laura Brett Harshbarger of Georgia; Trina Hyun of Hawaii; and Madison Rezaei of Nebraska.

Interview Awards
The following Junior Misses received preliminary awards in the interview category: Lindsey Brinton of Utah; Lily Voth of Virginia; Alexis Kelslinke of Texas; Chandler Lawson of Tennessee; and Twila Tschan of Oregon.

Fitness Awards
The following Junior Misses received preliminary awards in the fitness category: Norma Boyd of Alabama; Anah Hewetson of Indiana; Lindsey Brinton of Utah; Jairrah Mansfield of Kansas; and Lauren Gessner of Ohio.

Talent Awards
The following Junior Misses received preliminary awards in the talent category: Helen Ching of North Carolina; Lindsey Brinton of Utah; Hannah Yeats of Idaho; Kalileigh Bullard of Oklahoma; and Johanna Soderlund of Alaska

Self-Expression Awards
The following Junior Misses received preliminary awards in the self-expression category: Lauren McCalmont of Louisiana; Norma Boyd of Alabama; Lauren Gessner of Ohio; Lily Voth of Viriginia; and Anah Hewetson of Indiana

Spirit of Junior Miss
Sponsored by AJM Alumnae Council
Each year the 50 Junior Misses vote on the young woman among their class who they feel represents the Junior Miss spirit. Though this award has no effect on the overall scores, the Spirit of Junior Miss award is a honor from your peers and is awarded during the AJM National Finals. The AJM class of 2008 chose Alabama's Norma Boyd to receive the Spirit of Junior Miss award for 2008. Dee Ann Allen presented Norma with a $1,000 cash scholarship from the AJM Alumnae Council.

Be Your Best Self Essay Award
Sponsored by AJM Alumnae Council
Each contestant was asked to write an essay on the Be Your Best Self program. The AJM Alumnae Council awarded $1,000 scholarships to California's Jacqueline Rotman, Louisiana's Lauren McCalmont, and Mississippi's Marianna Breland

Daily Journal Award
Sponsored by Press-Register
Each day contestants had the opportunity to write journal entries about their experiences in Mobile. Top entries were chosen each day and published in the Press-Register.

Click here to read the daily journal entries.

Jairrah Mansfield of Kansas received a $1,000 cash scholarship from the Press-Register for her daily journal entry.

Online Photo Album Award
Sponsored by Verizon Wireless
Contestants were given Verizon camera phones to upload digital photos during their 2 weeks in Mobile. Family and friends of AJM were asked to visit the WPMI website and vote for their favorite photo album. The winning photo album belongs to Norma Boyd of Alabama. Norma received a $1000 cash scholarship from Verizon Wireless for her photo album.

Community Service Essay Award
Sponsored by Bel Air Mall
Contestants were asked to write an essay about the importance of community service. Chandler Lawson of Tennessee received a $1,500 cash scholarship from Bel Air Mall for her essay about community service.

My Town Award
Sponsored by Wintzell's Oyster House
Jacqueline Rotman received the $1,000 cash scholarship from Wintzell's Oyster House for her community service in her hometown of Santa Barbara, California.