Mund, 23, a graduate of Brown University, triumphed Sunday at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, besting 50 other contestants to take the title. Mund's victory also makes her the first modern Miss America to have won after graduating from an Ivy League university. Along with the Miss America crown, she receives a $50,000 scholarship for her win, a six-figure salary and an appearance contract with Dick Clark Productions.
First runner-up was Jennifer Davis, Miss Missouri; second runner-up was Miss New Jersey, Kaitlyn Schoeffel; third runner-up was Briana Kinsey, Miss District of Columbia; and fourth runner-up was Miss Texas, Margana Wood. Schoeffel's ranking is the best a Miss New Jersey has managed since 1994.
Mund, 23, is from Bismarck, North Dakota and was accepted to Notre Dame Law School last fall, but decided to defer to try to win her state pageant. She has a bachelor's degree in business, entrepreneurship and organizations from Brown.
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