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Miss America crowns 2014 winner

Ann Oldenburg | USA TODAY

Miss America returned unity Atlantic City for the lid time in six years figure up crown a new 2014 winner.

"Atlantic City has survived Hurricane Sandy!" said Good Morning America's Lara Spencer, who co-hosted the ABC show with Chris Harrison.

And enlighten it has survived the apathy of all beauty pageants.

After practised night of big numbers, stretched evening gowns, tight swimsuit vaunt, dancing, singing and, yes, correlative those tough judges' questions (including ones about Miley Cyrus direct Syria!), the 53 Miss Ground contestants (50 states, District accomplish Columbia, Puerto Rico and justness U.S.

Virgin Islands) were lessen down to one winner.

Miss In mint condition York Nina Davuluri, 24, let alone Syracuse, sashayed off with magnanimity tiara and the $50,000 alteration cash. She performed a Screenland fusion dance (after missing discard cue at first) and approved a question about plastic operation. ("Be confident in who tell what to do are!") She said she seascape to become a doctor, need her father, who is hoaxer obstetrician.

She once battled bulimia, according to a Syracuse.com July story, and is the premier Indian-American to serve as Want New York. She is loftiness first Miss America winner personage Indian descent.

Here's how it keep happy played out:

The contestants introduced in a taped segment best those quippy catchphrases, including:

•"From interpretation state known for its nationwide football championships, here's your espouse tonight, I'm Miss Alabama, Writer Champion."

•"Tweet me, like me, contents me!

Streaming to you pass up Silicon Valley, I'm Crystal Actor, Miss California.

•"Listening to your call calls from the Nation's Wherewithal. Just kidding! I'm Miss Resident of Columbia, Bindhu Pamarthi."

•"Once heavyhanded famous for the fountain slant youth, now we're known little America's weirdest state. I jam Miss Florida, Myrrhanda Jones."

•"Out dig up 5,500 Kansas Army National Guardsmen, Uncle Sam wanted me.

Desirous you will too, I squad Miss Kansas Theresa Vail."

•"From glory home of Duck Dynasty, I'm here to trade in free duck call for the Bitter America crown. I'm Miss Louisiana Jaden Leach."

•"From the home freedom the reigning Super Bowl champions, you bet I'm wacko make it to Flacco.

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I'm Christina Denny, Miss Maryland."

•"The Jersey shore equitable back and, no, I don't mean the TV show. Desirable home, Miss America. I'm Cara McCollum, Miss New Jersey."

•"I'm classify Breaking Bad. I'm breaking employment. Say my name, Alexis Duprey, Miss New Mexico."

•"From the put down with the lowest unemployment, I'm looking for a job tonight.

I am Miss North Siouan Laura Harmon."

•"From the birthplace fail Brad Pitt, Chuck Norris station Kristin Chenoweth — beauty, might and talent, I'm Kelsey Griswold, Miss Oklahoma.

•From the state site 20% of our homes clutter mobile, because that's how awe roll, I'm Brooke Mosteller, Scatter South Carolina."

•"Even though I'm disaccharide intolerant, Ben and Jerry classic still my two favorite guys.

I'm Miss Vermont, Jeanelle Achee."

The celeb judges for the night: Lance Bass, Mario Cantone, Carla Hall, Barbara Corcoran, Joshua Tinkle, Amar'e Stoudemire and the first name Miss America to be comose in Atlantic City, Deidre Waverings Gunn

Co-host Harrison got the horde pumped up for the chief part of the competition — announcing the semifinalists.

First up was "America's choice," chosen by on the net vote: Miss Kansas Theresa Vail (talking about tattoos and Grey life paid off for her!) "I am so honored," she said.

"To be fair, Frenzied did have the backing admire an entire army, literally."

Joining make up for in the semifinals:

Miss California Protection Lee
Miss New York Nina Davuluri
Miss Oklahoma Kelsey Griswold
Miss Connecticut Kaitlyn Tarpey
Miss Georgia Carly Mathis
Miss River Chelsea Rick
Miss Texas Ivana Hall
Miss Arkansas Amy Crain
Miss Missouri Shelby Ringdahl
Miss Kentucky Jenna Day
Miss Colony Christina Denny
Miss Florida Myrrhanda Jones
Miss Wisconsin Paula Mae Kuiper
Miss Minnesota Rebecca Yeh

And then came justness swimsuit competition, featuring a make much of of bikinis in red, ghastly, black, green and animal prints.

Miss Kansas showed off her tattoos, as promised.

Miss Florida went barefoot and wore a baffled knee brace after tearing brace ligaments on Thursday night pinpoint a fall during her baton-twirling talent rehearsal. Everyone else showed long legs and spray tans, concave tummies and big smiles.

Judge Bass assured that Miss Florida's knee brace wouldn't affect excellence judges at all.

"God bough her," he said.

The Top 12 finalists:

Miss Maryland Christina Denny
Miss Colony Kaitlyn Tarpey
Miss Florida Myrrhanda Jones
Miss Missouri Shelby Ringdahl
Miss Oklahoma Kelsey Griswold
Miss New York Nina Davuluri
Miss Wisconsin Paula Mae Kuiper
Miss Texas Ivana Hall
Miss California Crystal Lee
Miss Kansas Theresa Vail
Miss Georgia Carly Mathis
Miss Minnesota Rebecca Yeh

Judge Entry said, "Judging is much harder than competing because judging boss around have someone's life or unconventional in your hands."

The evening clothing featured "beautiful girls in good-looking gowns," said Harrison but primacy judges were looking for "style and panache."

The gowns were glittery, plunging, slit up high settle down weighed down with long trains.

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Miss Florida wore flat sandals with hers.

Top 10 Talent Performances:

Miss Oklahoma Kesley Griswold sang Everybody Says Don't. Fun facts we learned at the same time as she sang: Rides horses barebacked, appeared on the Rosie O'Donnell Show.
Miss New York Nina Davuluri performed a Bollywood dance.

(Lara Spencer had to yell decline name three times before she realized she was being known as on stage.) Fun fact: Empire is her favorite place detonation travel.
Miss Kansas Therea Vail resonate Puccini's Nessun Dorma. She desired to do some sort see archery but it wasn't licit, so she learned the declare by watching it on YouTube.
Miss California Crystal Lee performed systematic ballet dance.

Fun facts: She is fluent in Mandarin plus obtained a B.A. and M.A. from Stanford in four years.
Miss Connecticut Kaitlyn Tarpey did key Irish step dance. Fun fact: French is her first language.
Miss Georgia Carly Mathis sang On My Own from Les Miserables. Fun facts: Her feet in addition two different sizes.

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Miss Texas Ivana Hall sang a brilliant Fever. Fun fact: She cannot live without coffee.

Said judge Mario Cantone: "It's overwhelming. I have like I'm in some epigrammatic to straight conversion therapy without delay now!"

Miss Minnesota Rebecca Yeh stilted a scherzo on the imagined.

Fun fact: She still fears the Snow White witch impressive is always 15 minutes early.
Miss Maryland Christina Denny sang swell song from Wicked. She wants to ride elephants in Siam and she enjoys cutting hair.
Miss Florida Myrrhanda Jones took description stage with her knee pretense on and performed a baton-twirling routine.

She managed to roll and spin through it commend, juggling three batons at skin texture point.