{"id":116916,"date":"2017-09-09T02:39:18","date_gmt":"2017-09-09T06:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=116916"},"modified":"2017-09-09T02:39:18","modified_gmt":"2017-09-09T06:39:18","slug":"miss-america-names-winners-for-talent-swimsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/09\/09\/miss-america-names-winners-for-talent-swimsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Miss America names winners for talent, swimsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: The 97th Miss America
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. \u2014 The Latest on Friday’s preliminary Miss America competition (all times local): 9:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

There’s a two-time winner in the preliminaries at this year’s Miss America competition.<\/p>\n

Miss Louisiana Laryssa Bonacquisti has won Friday night’s talent competition for her ventriloquism routine.<\/p>\n

She won the swimsuit preliminary a day earlier.<\/p>\n

In Friday’s swimsuit competition, Miss Florida Sara Zeng was the winner.<\/p>\n

The next Miss America will be crowned Sunday night.<\/p>\n

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3:15 p.m.<\/p>\n

Miss America contestants are using their onstage time to speak out against political divisiveness, in favour of arts education and other topics during preliminary competition this week.<\/p>\n

Miss Wisconsin McKenna Collins says Americans of differing political viewpoints need to talk to each other respectfully.<\/p>\n

Miss Tennessee Caty Davis says opioid addiction is a disease, not a choice.<\/p>\n

And Miss Ohio Sarah Clapper says the public should care about athletes as human beings, not just components of a fantasy sports team.<\/p>\n

The third and final night of preliminary competition is Friday night.<\/p>\n

The next Miss America will be crowned Sunday night in Atlantic City.<\/p>\n

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12:15 a.m.<\/p>\n

The third night of the Miss America competition gets underway Friday as contestants have one last chance to impress the judges and score points before Sunday’s nationally televised finale.<\/p>\n

Miss Texas Margana Wood won the swimsuit competition Wednesday, and Miss Utah JessiKate Riley won the talent portion with a classical violin performance on a 115-year-old instrument she has named \u201cSam.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Miss Louisiana Laryssa Bonacquisti won the swimsuit competition, while Miss Minnesota Brianna Drevlow won the talent portion, playing \u201cRhapsody In Blue\u201d on the piano.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, contestants will show off their state-specific footwear in the annual \u201cShow Us Your Shoes\u201d parade on the Atlantic City Boardwalk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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