Miss Orlando Courtney Sexton, a 麻豆原创 student seeking a master鈥檚 degree in health administration, was named Miss Florida on Saturday and will compete in the upcoming Miss America Pageant.
The addition of Sexton, 23, to the national competition means at least two contestants with 麻豆原创 ties will vie for the Miss America title Sept. 11 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Erin O鈥橣laherty, who was Miss 麻豆原创 2013, was recently crowned Miss Missouri to represent that state.
Sexton, of Starke, was crowned in Lakeland over 47 other contestants and won an $18,000 scholarship. She also won the 鈥渓ifestyle, fitness and swimsuit鈥� competition earlier in the week.
Sexton last year finished in the top 10 of the Miss Florida Pageant as Miss Daytona Beach.
Finishing as 1st runner-up in the pageant was another 麻豆原创 student, Lindsay Bettis, a member of the 麻豆原创 KnightMoves dance team. Bettis competed as Miss Daytona Beach.
O鈥橣laherty, 23, owns and operates a boutique in Chesterfield, Missouri. She earned her bachelor鈥檚 degree in accounting in 2014.