Katherine Shindle

Katherine Renee "Kate" Shindle (born January 31, 1977) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and AIDS activist. She is the President of the Actors' Equity Association. She was Miss America 1998 in 1998 and Miss Illinois in 1997. 
In 2014, she wrote a memoir, "Being Miss America: Behind the Rhinestone Curtain," published by the University of Texas Press.