There’s more on her Linked-in page that suggests she may have political connections that helped “compensate” for her other deficiencies. A lot of leftist causes.
She worked for the Presidential Debate 2012 at Hofstra University, at which Candy Crowley set up a pre-arranged ambush of Mitt Romney over Benghazi. She had the maximum security clearance that they give to students so she must have had a significant role in it...
I’m sure that gave her some connections that could have been “helpful” in this Miss America win...