

Each competitor has a designated charity. Because of a tabulating error, the original winner was named as Leesburg resident Elizabeth Fechtel, who ended up being named first runner-up.Ĭowen attends FSU and plans to get a master's degree in marketing and wants to pursue a career in medical device marketing and sales. Running as Miss North Florida, she didn't know she had won title until five days after the crowning ceremony. She came to the competition after winning Miss Florida in June. Virgin Islands vying for the crown.Ĭowen, whose nickname is Tori, hails from Panama City.
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There are 53 women from the 50 states plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. More preliminary rounds will be held tonight and Thursday before the big event on Sunday in Atlantic City, N.J., which will be aired beginning at 8 p.m. Miss Ohio performed a ventriloquism act with the puppet singing a version of "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious." That performance landed Bart a $2,000 scholarship. Monday night's winner in that category was Miss Ohio Mackenzie Bart who used a puppet who I must say had a vague resemblance to Miss Florida. The other winner is for the Talent competition. You have no idea how much it means to me. I want to thank EVERYONE for all your kind words, support and love. On her Instagram account ( /missflorida2014) she added, "Walking down that runway tonight felt like the culmination of everything I have worked so hard for my entire life. "I am truly LIVING in a dream right now!" Cowen tweeted from her account "Did I really just win preliminary SWIMSUIT at #MissAmerica?"

One winner gets $1,000 scholarship in the Lifestyle and Fitness category, and that was Cowen, who wore a pink Catalina swimsuit. Miss Florida Victoria Cowen has already taken one of the early awards, although she had to share the spotlight with a puppet.Įach of the three nights of early competition feature two winners. The new Miss America will be crowned Sunday night, but the competition has already begun with the first of three nights of preliminary rounds.
