Miss North Dakota, Cara Mund, reacts after being announced as the winner of the Miss America competition. (Reuters)Continuing the year of surprise conclusions during live TV events, Miss North Dakota, Cara Mund, won the Miss America pageant Sunday night, the first time in the show’s nearly 100-year history that the state has claimed the prize. “We’ve only had three girls [from North Dakota] ever make it this far. Congratulations to Cara Mund of North Dakota! And I think it’s just a bad decision on behalf of the United States.”A few minutes later, she was crowned the winner, defeating the runner-up, Miss Missouri, Jennifer Davis; second runner-up, Miss New Jersey, Kaitlyn Schoeffel; third runner-up, Miss D.C., Briana Kinsey; and fourth runner-up, Miss Texas, Margana Wood.

Source: Washington Post September 11, 2017 04:08 UTC