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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Miss New York Kira Kazantsev has been named the new Miss America, marking the third year in a row that a contestant from her state has walked away with the crown in the nationally televised pageant.
Kazantsev received the crown Sunday night at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall from outgoing Miss America — and Miss New York — Nina Davuluri. Kazantsev named combating sexual assault in the military as the issue she would want female U.S. Senators to press their male counterparts.
Contestants from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico vied for the crown.
