LOS ANGELES (YBH.ME) - With a platform issue of AIDS awareness, 22 year- old Caressa Cameron, of Virginia, was crowned Miss America 2010 in Las Vegas saturday night.
Caressa Cameron Crowned on Saturday Night
Conservative radio personality Rush Limbaugh, actress Vivica Fox, musician Dave Koz, Miss America 2002 Katie Harman, and “American Idol” finalist Brooke White were among the judges.
Caressa wowed the crowd with a song from “Dreamgirls”, while also making it through the traditional swimsuit competition and questioning on substantive issues. Miss Cameron diplomatically answered a question on gay marriage with, “marriage should be between a man and woman because of my religious beliefs, but [I don't] think there should be laws against gay marriage.”
Miss Cameron is the first African-American Miss America since 2005. After a planned year of appearances and outreach, Miss Cameron will return to Virginia Commonwealth University and her broadcast journalism major armed with $50,000 in scholarship money. She stated, “I hope to gain inspiration, I hope to gain momentum so that when this 365 days is over, I can shoot through the moon.”
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