Miss North Dakota Cara Mund crowned Miss America

Miss America 2018 Cara Mund.
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Miss America 2018 is Cara Mund, a 23-year-old from Bismarck, North Dakota.

It's the first time a Miss North Dakota has been crowned Miss America. Mund beat out 50 other contestants Sunday night in Atlantic City, dancing in the talent round and telling judges during the interview portion that she thinks President Trump made a "bad decision" when he pulled the United States out of the Paris climate agreement. "There is evidence that climate change is existing and we need to be at that table," she said.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.