Savvy Shields, of Arkansas, crowned Miss America

The newly crowned Miss America has begun her reign with a romp in the Atlantic City surf, hours after winning the crown.

Shields, who adopted “eat better, live better” as her platform for the competition, earlier performed a jazz dance to “They Just Keep Moving the Line” from the TV show “Smash”.

Asked what her take was on Clinton, Shields offered that “if you’re trying to be leader of the free world, everything you say and do matters”. She later said it seemed both candidates seemed to be yelling at each other and they needed to focus more on compromise.

Shields “aims to educate people on how the foods we eat really make an impact on our lives as a whole, “according to the Miss Arkansas website”. She said she still has the soundtrack from the canceled TV show in her auto, where she plays it often. “I want to be a backup dancer for Beyoncé”, Shields said, according to E!

Miss Missouri Erin O’Flaherty was not chosen as one of the top 15 finalists in Sunday night’s nationally televised pageant.

She was the first openly gay contestant to win a state title. She’d competed at the Miss Arkansas pageant as Miss University of Arkansas and was named first runner up.

California; Oklahoma; Maryland; New York; Tennessee; Louisiana, and Mississippi. “And with Shields and a Guardian, Atlantic City will be safe for another year!”

Sunday’s finale was held on the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks.

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