Tahitian dance featured at Miss America pageant

That crowd pleasing roar you heard last night was for Miss Hawaii - Nicole Fox (vegasdeluxe.com photo).

In case you missed it, she made it to the top 10 finalists in the 2009 Miss America Pageant. For her talent she performed a short otea in a large feathered headdress, matching hipband and with Tahitian toere, ihara, pahu and fa'atete in the background.

Here's the TLC Network clip with Nicole Fox' talent performance:

2009 Miss America Pageant - Miss Hawaii Talent Performance

Nicole followed in the footsteps of Miss Hawaii 2007 - Pilialoha Gaison of Kaneohe, who also performed a Tahitian dance at the Miss America pageant when she competed in the event.