Miss New York crowned Miss America for 3rd straight year

Miss New York Kira Kazantsev was named the new Miss America on Sunday night - marking the third year in a row that a beauty queen Empire State took the crown.

Kazantsev, a lawyer for the applicant, the daughter of Russian immigrants, was crowned in Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall for the reigning queen, Miss last year in New York, Nina Devour.

Kazantsev wowed the audience during the singing talent of the songs Wellness Pharrell "happy" while hitting a red plastic cups on the floor, an idea of ​​the character of Anna Kendrick in "Pitch Perfect".

"I think time with the cup," the Post, he said before the competition.

"This is not the typical Miss America talent in terms of singing songs from Broadway and opera. I'll take what I can do."

Kazantsev, 23, wore a champagne-colored dress by a designer in New York, Jean-Paul Taker custom.

It makes her feel "very well in the heat so in New York." Did he say?

On a serious side, the new queen, a graduate of American senators Rostra women should their male colleagues in the fight against sexual assault in the military aid - and he said in an abusive relationship with the university itself was the same.

"You feel helpless feeling alone. Ll’ you do not feel like anyone could understand," Kazantsev said NPR.

She plans to study law, as her pageant days behind him, and has already been accepted to the School of Law at Fordham University.

The blonde beauty was born in California, moved to New York four years ago to attend college.

The New York tri-championship in 2012, when the Brooklyn players Mallory Hagan won, and continued last year with Davuluri.

New York took six title of Miss America since 1945, in particular the link with Oklahoma State, Ohio and California.