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I’m proud of myself for taking on a completely new pageant system, with new rules and new expectations. And I took 2nd runner up!
(photo credit- Joe Whiteko)
What does this pageant mean for me? Not much, really. I’m still Miss District of Columbia 2006, and I had a chance at Miss America. And I said I was going to have a hand in making D.C. a sexy, sophistictated city… I will.