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Since winning, Broyles has seen her public profile grow. Last month, she was at the Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City
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Miss Wisconsin 2022 Grace Stanke, center, is crowned as Miss America 2023 by Miss America 2022 Emma Broyles, behind center, at the conclusion of the Miss America competition at the Mohegan Sun casino, in Uncasville, Conn. , Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. (AP Photo / Steven Senne)
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Miss New York 2022 Taryn Delanie Smith, center left, and Miss Wisconsin 2022 Grace Stanke, center right, react as they learn that Stanke has become Miss America 2023 during the Miss America competition at the Mohegan Sun casino, in Uncasville, Conn. , Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. Smith was runner-up at the competition. (AP Photo / Steven Senne)
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Stanke is presented with the Miss America 2023 sash by Broyles
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Stanke thanked the audience moments after her win
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Broyles became the first Korean-American to be crowned Miss America
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Since winning, Broyles has seen her public profile grow. Last month, she was at the Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City
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Miss Wisconsin 2022 Grace Stanke, center, is crowned as Miss America 2023 by Miss America 2022 Emma Broyles, behind center, at the conclusion of the Miss America competition at the Mohegan Sun casino, in Uncasville, Conn. , Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. (AP Photo / Steven Senne)
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Miss New York 2022 Taryn Delanie Smith, center left, and Miss Wisconsin 2022 Grace Stanke, center right, react as they learn that Stanke has become Miss America 2023 during the Miss America competition at the Mohegan Sun casino, in Uncasville, Conn. , Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. Smith was runner-up at the competition. (AP Photo / Steven Senne)
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Stanke is presented with the Miss America 2023 sash by Broyles
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Stanke thanked the audience moments after her win
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Broyles became the first Korean-American to be crowned Miss America
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Since winning, Broyles has seen her public profile grow. Last month, she was at the Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City
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