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Show Rosawe, Family Return To Pageant By GARY R. IILODGKTT News Editor BOUNTIFUL -- It was an exciting and nostalgic experience for Rosanne Tucllcr Nielsen to have her picture taken on the famous Miss America Pageant runway in Convention Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. IT BROUGHT back memories of nearly 20 years ago when Kosanne was a finalist --in --in fact was first runner-up -- in the Miss America Pageant. Rosanne won lust place-in place-in both the talent and swim suit competition, competi-tion, It's rare for a contestant to win two divisions, divi-sions, and even more unusual for a contestant contes-tant to win two divisions and lose the title -by a scant fraction of a point. SO IT was not Kosanne's privilege to walk down the famous pageant runway as Miss America. Itul thai evening will never be forgotten, especially while Rosanne has (he close association with the pageant as she has for (he past several years. She and her husband, Norman, have served as Miss Utah Pageant directors, preparing pre-paring Miss Utah for the Miss America Pageant each year. Rosanne is the only Slate I'ageanl Director in the counlty who wasa Conner Miss America Pageant linalisl. "I HOPE TH AT gives me a slight edge " says Rosanne, who is also affiliated with the Miss America Pageant. It was a special gathering in Atlantic City for this year's Miss America Pageant. ROSANNE was attending the boardwalk leslivmes with her mother, Maioric Tueller of Bountiful, and her teenaged daughter" Knsten - representing three generations at the pageant. They atlended the pie-pageant rehear-sals, rehear-sals, the preliminary judging and visited with some 30 former Miss Americas , ,t were mvi.ed back this year. 1 hey joined in N the pageantry the parade, parlies, f.ic works display ami (he gala NHC dinner parly par-ly and dance. R()SANN..:LS,heoldes,ofs,xch,ld,enof lol. Jack and Marjoric Tueller, I INS S r, "Von v'reslDiive. l helouryounges'. chiV School'0 g'IUlUi,ICS of """"tirul High lack Tueller an Air Force colonel at the "h-. had just heentiansfened tolhll ,orcc ".:,sc IVnlagon. Wliile KosaimesniolherallrndedthcMissAiner Pageant , ,is writer ami her lathe, watched the pageant on television. TIIKTJ'KI.I..:RShavc lived in Bountiful the past IN yeats. |