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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The newly crowned Miss America has made history, becoming both the first Korean American and the first Alaskan to hold the title in the competition's 100-year history. "I never could have imagined in a million years that I would be Miss America, let alone that I would be Miss Alaska," a beaming Emma Broyles told The Associated Press

"God has made us this promise: If we will commit our works to Him, we will succeed. Our lives can be enhanced by applying this, and by thinking optimistically. In Alaska we have mosquitoes; we also have the most beautiful mountains in the world. The choice is ours as to which we'll focus on."

Mrs Massey said: ‘She was poised and confident even back then. She had a lovely outgoing personality and was lots of fun. There were 16 of us in the pageant and we all shared a modest house in Anchorage for five days. 'The lucky girls slept in the two bedrooms. The rest of us, Sarah included, slept on makeshift beds in the living room. We shared two bathrooms so there was constant fighting over whose turn it was. 'It was all very innocent. We were all kids from small-town Alaska and we’d sit around in our pyjamas and talk late...