S. Carolina, Iowa win 1st night Miss America preliminaries
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Miss South Carolina has won the swimsuit competition and Miss Iowa has won the talent portion of the first night of preliminaries in the Miss America pageant.
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Kim Coon is a familiar face in the motorsports industry. She has spent the last ten years covering NASCAR, ARCA and motorcycle racing and recently has been seen co-hosting “Off The Grid” on NBC Sports as well as NASCAR’s popular “Glass Case of Emotion” podcast with driver Ryan Blaney.
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Miss South Carolina has won the swimsuit competition and Miss Iowa has won the talent portion of the first night of preliminaries in the Miss America pageant.
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