The Miss America Organization is one of the nation's leading achievement programs as well as the world's largest provider of scholarship assistance for young women. Rich in history and social significance, the Miss America Organization is a not-for-profit organization that has maintained a tradition for many decades of empowering young women to achieve their personal and professional goals, while providing a forum in which to express their opinions, talent and intelligence. Scholarships have been the cornerstone of the Miss America program since 1945 when Bess Myerson was the first Miss America to receive a scholarship from the Organization Since then, young women from all over the country have participated in local and state pageants to vie for the opportunity to be the next Miss America.

Erin Lancaster is one of those women.

Miss FSU 2005, Erin Lancaster, is a Senior Vocal Performance major and the founding president of the FSU chapter of the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorder. Lancaster, who overcame bulimia, promoted this cause throughout her rein as Miss FSU 2005.

On campus, Lancaster is involved in Campus Crusade for Christ, the Ballroom Dancing Club and is on the board of advisors for the Music school. After graduating, Lancaster hopes to attend graduate school to obtain a Masters in Music and eventually earn a Certificate of Performance from the Academy of Vocal Art in Pennsylvania. She hopes to become an opera singer.

Lancaster is the daughter of Clay County Sheriff Scott Lancaster and Linda Lancaster, a former principal who is now the Clay County school district's director of support personnel services.

She recently traveled to the 2005 Miss Florida Pageant where she made her second appearance after winning the title of Miss Jacksonville in 2004.

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