Miss New York crowned Miss America 2014
Nina Davuluri becomes the first contestant of Indian heritage and the second consecutive contestant from New York to win the Miss America pageant.
Nina Davuluri, Miss New York, was named the new Miss America in Atlantic City Sunday, becoming the first woman of Indian descent to win the title:
The pageant also included several other unconventional contestants, including Miss Kansas, Theresa Vail. Diana Reese writes that Vail made the pageant worth watching:
The pageant’s schedule changed this year. Mallory Hagan, the reigning Miss America, was selected in January in Las Vegas, where the pageant has been held for six years. This week, the pageant returned to Atlantic City, where it began, and the contests revived the tradition of parading down the city’s boardwalk in outlandish shoes.
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