Jonna Fitzgerald is an American

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titleholder and musical entertainer. She was crowned

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1985 then Preliminary Talent Winner and 2nd Runner Up to Miss America 1986. In computer modelling that successfully predicted that Susan Akin would be named Miss America, Fitzgerald's odds were set at 22 to 1. Fitzgerald was a featured entertainer for the 1985 Vice-Presidential Inaugural Ball in

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, with Johnnie High's Country Music Revue. Through the years she has shared the stage with artists such as

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, Jerry Clower, Frenchie Burke, Mason Dixon,

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, Shoji Tabuchi, Johnnie Gimble, and

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. The

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Revue Association named her “Instrumentalist of the Year” in 1989. In 1999, Fitzgerald became a news anchor at KETK-TV in

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. She worked as an anchor and community relations director until 2005, when she was named district director for incoming congressman

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's district office.

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