Erin Nurss is crowned Miss Arizona 2009! Erin Nurss, a University of Arizona student of Tucson, is going to be representing Arizona in the Miss America pageant this January.

Erin Nurss pageant package (probably one of the more generous scholarship packages that the Miss America system offers) includes a two-year tuition waiver to Maricopa Community Colleges, a $78,000 scholarship to Palmer College of Chiropractic and a $6,500 International Air Academy Scholarship. She also will receive free tuition to Dale Carnegie Training and $3,550 Miss Arizona Organization/Miss Arizona Legacy Scholarship.