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Mallory Hytes Hagan
Miss America

Miss New York, Mallory Hytes Hagan, 23-year-old from Brooklyn, took home the top tiara in the land. She tap-danced to James Brown's "Get Up Off That Thing" for the talent portion of the competition, and answered a question about whether or not grade schools should have armed guards at the doors by saying "we shouldn't be fighting violence with violence."

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