born december american actress model beauty queen won miss america miss new york miss new_york_city miss manhattan miss brooklyn time miss new_york runner native alabama runner miss alabama outstanding teen program non finalist talent winner won miss america competition platform child sexual abuse awareness prevention gave timely response issue gun control opposed fighting violence violence moved new_york year college local college near raised early life education alabama graduate influenced formative years spent mother ran dance studio auburn area raised grandmother run dance studio tennessee born student spent year studying science member beta alabama gamma chapter fourth beta miss america moved brooklyn neighborhood new_york_city october time arrival dream beauty success sources stated brooklyn resident won miss america wall_street_journal ran correction new_york_times resident brooklyn time lived different brooklyn neighborhoods arrival miss america victory including time miss america competition fit student studied advertising marketing communications aspirations profession related marketing fit miss new_york competition provided sufficient scholarship pay entire fit tuition trained different methods prepare trainers included social fitness network training elements exercise programs won march prior experience reported include runner miss alabama outstanding teen miss alabama competition stated miss alabama competition attempt title non finalist talent award competed miss alabama outstanding teen ages runner miss new york miss new york went win title miss new york miss america second runner reign miss new york platform child sexual abuse awareness prevention contest stated chosen honor women family victims sexual abuse sharing personal stories encouraging stand according statements associated_press interview mother convinced tackle child sexual abuse affected mother aunt grandmother cousins stated experienced effects child sexual abuse mother father friends family members attended grandfather says comments gun control represented family time victory supported boyfriend new_york_city fourth miss new_york second individual new_york_city individual brooklyn serve crowned miss america january las_vegas nevada outgoing miss america beating runner miss south_carolina decision new_jersey reign cut short months ended september follows miss new_york contestants earn miss america crown win competition final year eligibility introductory miss america audience beginning air broadcast sandy swept away shores spirit miss america competition performed tap dance routine thing wearing latex outfit elements winning wardrobe included black string bikini white evening gown time miss america victory years old resident brooklyn prize package scholarship won evening wear portions miss america role promoted awareness child sexual abuse hours communication united_states secretary education initiative spokesperson 8th annual national day celebration hope raise million children miracle network hospitals claimed travel miles month derided press gaining weight months miss america responded human like getting ready miss america know getting ready boxing match shape life goes normal career stated use scholarship money miss new_york complete education fit communications major hopes pursue career television
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