A
23-year-old contestant from Brooklyn, New York, won the title of Miss America
in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
Mallory Hagan won the beauty pageant after tap dancing to James
Brown's "Get Up Off of That Thing" and answering a question about
whether armed guards belong in grade schools by saying we should not fight
violence with violence.
Hagan
defeated Miss South Carolina Ali Rogers, who took second, and Miss Oklahoma
Alicia Clifton, who finished third.
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| Miss New York Mallory Hagan is crowned Miss America 2013 by Miss America 2012 Laura Kaeppeler |
Hagan wins a $50,000 college scholarship and gets the crown for
one year. Her platform was stopping child sexual abuse.
She is
expected to spend her title reign on a nationwide speaking tour and raising
money for the Children's Miracle Network, the organization's official charity.
Hagan defeated several other notable competitors who grabbed
headlines this year because of their backstories
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| Two Finalist Mallory Hytes Hagan and Ali Rogers waiting for result |
Miss Montana was the pageant's first autistic contestant.Miss Iowa has Tourette's syndrome.
And
Miss Maine lost more than 50 pounds (22.68 kilograms) before winning her state
crown.
The 92nd Miss America annual show held this year at the Planet
Hollywood Resort and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip is the culmination of a week
of preliminary competitions and months of preparations for the titleholders
from all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S.
Virgin Islands.
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| Mallory Hytes Hagan |
The pageant, which started as little more than an Atlantic City
bathing suit revue, broke viewership records in its heyday and bills itself as
one of the world's largest scholarships programs for women.
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