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Miss New York Mallory Hagan is crowned Miss
America 2013 by Miss America 2012 Laura
Kaeppeler on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, in Las
Vegas.
Hagan of New York City won the beauty pageant
Saturday night after tap dancing to James
Brown's "Get Up Off of That Thing" and answering
a question about whether armed guards belong in
grade schools by saying we should not fight
violence with violence.
By capturing the crown, Hagan receives a $50,000
scholarship and a yearlong run as an advocate
and role model.
Here, in images, is a look at some of the
present and past winners. (AP Photo/Isaac
Brekken)
FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2004 file photo, former
Miss America Ericka Dunlap, left, crowns Miss
Alabama Deidre Downs, as Miss America 2005, during
the Miss America Competition at the Atlantic City,
N.J. (AP Photo/Brian Branch-Price)
This photo courtesy Miss America Organization
shows Miss Maryland Joanna Guy took top honors
Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, after singing "I Dreamed
a Dream" at the Miss America preliminary
competition at the Planet Hollywood Resort &
Casino in Las Vegas. The 21-year-old from Swanton,
Md., will take home a $2,000 Amway scholarship.
(AP Photo/Courtesy Miss America Organization)
This photo courtesy Miss America Organization
shows Miss DC, Allyn Rose, during preliminary
competition at the 2013 Miss America Pageant in
Las Vegas, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013. Win or lose,
Saturday's Miss America competition will be
Rose's last pageant. The 24-year-old plans to
undergo a double mastectomy after the event as a
preventative measure to reduce her chances of
developing the disease that killed her mother,
grandmother and great aunt. (AP Photo/Courtesy
Miss America Organization)
This photo courtesy Miss America Organization
shows Miss DC, Allyn Rose, during the Swimsuit
portion of preliminary competition at the 2013
Miss America Pageant in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Jan.
8, 2013. Win or lose, Saturday's Miss America
competition will be Rose's last pageant. The 24-
year-old plans to undergo a double mastectomy
after the event as a preventative measure to
reduce her chances of developing the disease
that killed her mother, grandmother and great
aunt. (AP Photo/Courtesy Miss America
Organization)
This photo courtesy Miss America Organization
shows Miss DC, Allyn Rose, during the Evening
Wear portion of preliminary competition at the
2013 Miss America Pageant in Las Vegas, Tuesday,
Jan. 8, 2013. Win or lose, Saturday's Miss
America competition will be Rose's last pageant.
The 24-year-old plans to undergo a double
mastectomy after the event as a preventative
measure to reduce her chances of developing the
disease that killed her mother, grandmother and
great aunt. (AP Photo/Courtesy Miss America
Organization)
This photo courtesy Miss America Organization
shows Miss Illinois Megan Ervin took the trophy
for the second round of the Lifestyle and
Fitness category Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, after
modeling a Catalina swimsuit at the Miss America
preliminary competition at the Planet Hollywood
Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. The 23-year-old
from Rushville, Ill., earned a $1,000 Amway
scholarship for it. (AP Photo/Courtesy Miss
America Organization)
FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2007 file photo, Miss
Oklahoma, Lauren Nelson, is crowned Miss America
2007 by Miss America 2006 Jennifer Berry at the
Miss America pageant in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jae
C. Hong, FILE)
FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2006 file photo, Miss
Oklahoma, Jennifer Berry, is crowned Miss America
2006 by outgoing Miss America 2005 Deidre Downs at
the 2006 Miss America pageant in Las Vegas. (AP
Photo/Sam Morris,File)
FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2008 file photo, Kirsten
Haglund is crowned Miss America 2008 by former
Miss America Lauren Nelson during the Miss America
Pageant at the Planet Hollywood hotel and casino
in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2011 file photo, Teresa
Scanlan, Miss Nebraska is crowned Miss America
2011 during the Miss America pageant in Las
Vegas. Contestants from every state are
competing for the Miss America crown Saturday,
Jan. 12, 2013, an honor that carries with it a
$50,000 scholarship and a yearlong run as an
advocate and role model. The winner will go on
tour, speaking to groups around the country and
raising money for the Children's Miracle
Network, the organization's official charity.
(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Miss Dakota del Narte Rosie Sauvageau, quien se
llevó un premio por su interpretación de "To Make
You Feel My Love", en una fotografía proporcionada
por la Organización Miss America el jueves 10 de
enero de 2013 en el Casino Planet Hollywood en Las
Vegas. (Foto AP/Miss America Organization)
This photo courtesy Miss America Organization
shows Miss Oklahoma Alicia Clifton's tap dance
performance to "Money Can't Buy Me Love" that
earned her top honors on Jan. 8, 2013, at the
Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.
Clifton, Miss Oklahoma and Ali Rogers Miss South
Carolina have racked up prizes in the first day
of preliminary Miss America competition in Las
Vegas. (AP Photo/Courtesy B. Vartan
Boyajian/MAO)
Miss Washington Mandy Schendel, quien se llevó el
premio en la tercera ronda de estilo de vida y
deporte en una fotografía cortesía de la
Organización Miss America tras modelar un traje de
baño sin tirantes el jueves 10 de enero de 2013 en
el Casino Planet Hollywood en Las Vegas. (Foto
AP/Miss America Organization)
This photo courtesy Miss America Organization
shows Miss South Carolina Ali Rogers, 20, from
Laurens, S.C. appears on stage modeling a
swimsuit Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, at the Planet
Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Rogers,
Miss South Carolina and Alicia Clifton Miss
Oklahoma have racked up prizes in the first day
of preliminary Miss America competition in Las
Vegas. (AP Photo/Courtesy B. Vartan
Boyajian/MAO)
FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2010 file photo, host
Mario Lopez watches Miss Virginia Caressa Cameron
react after being crowned Miss America 2010 by
Miss America 2009 Katie Stam in Las Vegas. (AP
Photo/Eric Jamison)
Miss New York Mallory Hytes Hagan, right, answers
a question with host Brooke Burke during the Miss
America 2013 pageant on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013,
in Las Vegas. Hytes Hagan was later crowned Miss
America 2013. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)
Miss New York Mallory Hytes Hagan competes in the
evening gown portion of the Miss America 2013
pageant on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, in Las Vegas.
Hytes Hagan was later crowned Miss America 2013.
(AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)
Miss New York Mallory Hytes Hagan competes in the
evening gown portion of the Miss America 2013
pageant on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, in Las Vegas.
Hytes Hagan was later crowned Miss America 2013.
(AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)
Miss New York, Mallory Hagan, right, reacts with
Miss South Carolina Ali Rogers as she is crowned
Miss America 2013 on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, in
Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)
Miss Georgia Leighton Jordan, center,
congratulates Miss New York Mallory Hytes Hagan
for winning the Miss America 2013 pageant on
Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, in Las Vegas. (AP
Photo/Isaac Brekken)
Miss Indiana MerrieBeth Cox competes in the Miss
America pageant on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, in Las
Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)
Miss Illinois Megan Ervin competes in the Miss
America pageant on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, in Las
Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)
Miss Maryland Johanna Guy competes in the swimsuit
portion Miss America pageant on Saturday, Jan. 12,
2013, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)
Miss New York Mallory Hytes Hagan competes
swimsuit portion of the Miss America pageant on
Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, in Las Vegas. (AP
Photo/Isaac Brekken)
Miss South Carolina Ali Rogers, left, and Miss New
York, Mallory Hytes Hagan, right, wait for the
announcement of the winner during the Miss America
2013 pageant on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, in Las
Vegas. Hytes Hagan won the competition. (AP
Photo/Isaac Brekken)
Miss New York Mallory Hagan waves after she was
crowned Miss America 2013 on Saturday, Jan. 12,
2013, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)
Miss Indiana MerrieBeth Cox competes in the
swimsuit portion of the Miss America 2013 pageant
on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, in Las Vegas. (AP
Photo/Isaac Brekken)
Miss Washington Mandy Schendel competes in the
swimsuit portion of the Miss America 2013 pageant
on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, in Las Vegas. (AP
Photo/Isaac Brekken)
Miss Texas Danae Couch competes in the swimsuit
portion of the Miss America 2013 pageant on
Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, in Las Vegas. (AP
Photo/Isaac Brekken)
Miss Wyoming Lexie Madden competes in the swimsuit
portion of the Miss America 2013 pageant on
Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, in Las Vegas. (AP
Photo/Isaac Brekken)
Miss Tennessee Chandler Lawson competes in the
swimsuit portion of the Miss America 2013 pageant
on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, in Las Vegas. (AP
Photo/Isaac Brekken)
Miss Utah Kara Arnold competes in the swimsuit
portion of the Miss America 2013 pageant on
Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, in Las Vegas. (AP
Photo/Isaac Brekken)
Miss Oklahoma Alicia Clifton competes in the
swimsuit portion of the Miss America 2013 pageant
on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, in Las Vegas. (AP
Photo/Isaac Brekken)
Miss Tennessee Chandler Lawson competes in the
talent portion of the Miss America 2013 pageant on
Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, in Las Vegas. (AP
Photo/Isaac Brekken)
Miss Illinois Megan Irvin competes in the evening
gown portion of the Miss America 2013 pageant on
Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, in Las Vegas. (AP
Photo/Isaac Brekken)
Miss New York Mallory Hytes Hagan competes in the
swimsuit portion of the Miss America 2013 pageant
on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, in Las Vegas. (AP
Photo/Isaac Brekken)
Miss Alabama Anna Laura Bryan competes in the
swimsuit portion of the Miss America 2013 pageant
on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, in Las Vegas. (AP
Photo/Isaac Brekken)
FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2012 file photo, Miss
Wisconsin Laura Kaeppeler reacts after being
crowned Miss America at The Planet Hollywood
Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Eric
Jamison)
Miss South Carolina Ali Rogers competes in the
evening gown portion of the Miss America 2013
pageant on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, in Las Vegas.
Rogers was named first runner-up. (AP Photo/Isaac
Brekken)
Miss New York Mallory Hytes Hagan competes in the
talent portion of the Miss America 2013 pageant on
Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, in Las Vegas. Hytes Hagan
won the competition. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)
Miss New York Mallory Hytes Hagan competes in the
talent portion of the Miss America 2013 pageant on
Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, in Las Vegas. Hytes Hagan
won the competition. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)
Miss New York Mallory Hytes Hagan competes in the
talent portion of the Miss America 2013 pageant on
Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, in Las Vegas. Hytes Hagan
won the competition. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)
FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2009 file photo, Miss
Indiana Katie Stam is crowned Miss America 2009 by
Kirsten Haglund at Planet Hollywood hotel & casino
in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)
Miss America judge McKayla Maroney photographs
herself onstage before the pageant on Saturday,
Jan. 12, 2013, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac
Brekken)
Contestants compete in the Miss America 2013
pageant on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, in Las Vegas.
(AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)
Contestants compete in the swimsuit portion of the
Miss America 2013 pageant on Saturday, Jan. 12,
2013, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)
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