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New Miss America has some presidential advice

Skidmore will assume the duties of Miss Arkansas because Shields is now Miss America.

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The second runner-up was Miss New York, Camille Sims, and the first runner-up was Miss South Carolina, Rachel Wyatt.

Shields, 21, the new face of the Atlantic City-based Miss America organization, a senior fine arts major at the University of Arkansas, sported her signature twinkling diadem in her blond waves, her white sash and a floral knee-length dress. The third runner-up was Miss Washington Alicia Cooper, and the fourth runner-up was Miss Mississippi Laura Lee Lewis.

“I hope that at the end of my year, we’re starting to reward politicians for compromise”, she said.

The pageant from Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall included contestants from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. She later said it seemed both candidates seemed to be yelling at each other and they needed to focus more on compromise. She performed the same jazz number on Sunday night that won her that competition.

Michael Back, 35, of Mesa, Ariz., who was vacationing in Atlantic City, followed Shields, the media and the pageant-loyal out to the water. “I feel like that’s every dancer’s secret dream is to be a backup dancer for Beyoncé especially with her new tour”.

The state has a new Miss Arkansas after Savvy Shields won the Miss America pageant on Sunday. She will also promote the Miss Arkansas Scholarship Pageant while speaking about the goals of the Miss Arkansas and Miss America System.

O’Flaherty, aka Miss Missouri, was eliminated when the top 15 finalists were named. “The biggest thank you in the world to everyone who came by Kappa tonight”, she captioned the post. Miss Maryland Hannah Brewer sang “God Bless America” for her talent program.

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The pageant began in Atlantic City in 1921 as a way to extend the summer tourist season beyond Labor Day weekend.

University of Arkansas senior Savvy Shields is crowned Miss America