Florida Contestant Crowned Miss America
Miss Florida Erika Dunlap beat out 50 rivals to be crowned Miss America in Atlantic City in a pageant that featured some of the brainiest contestants judges have seen in years.
Miss Hawaii Kanoelani Gibson was the runner-up, and Miss Wisconsin Tina Sauerhammer was third.
Sauerhammer is a doctor at age 22; Miss Virginia Nancy Redd and Miss Rhode Island Laurie Gray are both recent Harvard University graduates.
Dunlap was crowned by Miss America 2003 Erika Harold, 23, of Urbana, Ill., who won the title last year after delaying her entry into Harvard Law School.
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