Miss D.C., a 26-year-old Army officer and IT analyst, wins the Miss USA pageant

[Stellar]

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For the first time in 14 years (and only third time in history), Miss District of Columbia took home the crown at the Miss USA pageant on Sunday night.

Deshauna Barber, a 26-year-old Army officer and IT analyst for the U.S. Department of Commerce, won over Miss Georgia Emanii Davis and Miss Hawaii Chelsea Hardin, who was the runner-up.

[SusanCalvin]

1. Normally I don't like/follow beauty pageants

(call them what you want, that's what they are), but

OH WOW!!!!!!

[JI7]

2. i really can't stand these pageants and don't care for them

i'm more impressed by what she has already done/doing with being an army officer and IT analyst .

is this one of those pageants owned by trump ? i hope trump doesn't refer to her as "his" AA .

[SusanCalvin]

3. Given how smart she's already shown herself to be,

I'm sure she had her reasons for participating. I look forward to hearing more from her.

[Recursion]

5. Yes, she now works for Drumpf

The last Miss DC to win, Shauntay Hinton, gave a pretty scathing interview about what it was like to have him as a boss.

[SusanCalvin]

6. So this is a Trump operation? nt

[Kind of Blue]

7. Trump hasn't owned the pageant since

Sept. 2015. Owned now by William Morris, WME/IMG agency, that bought his NBCUniversal's stake in the organisation as part of a settlement of his lawsuit against the company. NBC and Spanish-language network Univision refused to air the Miss USA pageant on 12 July after Trump made controversial comments about Mexican immigrants. Trump sued both networks. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/donald-trump-sells-miss-universe-organization-days-after-buying-nbcuniversal-stake-1519738

[Recursion]

8. Cool, thanks

I didn't realize he'd divested.

[Recursion]

4. Congrats to her!

I wonder how the Army feels about her schedule as Miss USA? I assume she's a reservist?