MIRANDA Moore has been crowned Miss Pennsylvania 2023 in a closely-fought contest.
Here's everything you need to know about Pennsylvanian beauty queen.
Miranda Moore, 24, from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is an environmental engineer.
She studied at South Forsyth High School, before graduating from the University of Georgia with a degree in Environmental Engineering in 2021.
The beauty queen enlisted in the University of Pennsylvania's Executive Program in Social Impact Strategy, after working as a research assistant at the University of Georgia.
Miranda was previously crowned Miss Central Pennsylvania, and has won the Bohler Women in STEM Award.
Miranda was crowned Miss Pennsylvania 2023 at the Appell Centre in New York on June 17, 2023.
She performed Festive Overture by Dimitri Shostakovich on the clarinet as her talent.
The environmental engineer also advocated for her community service initiative Take Action in Fashion.
Miranda won a $12,000 scholarship and a $1,000 award - and will now compete at the 102nd Miss America competition in January 2024.
She said: "It is just the most rewarding feeling - I've worked for this for years.
"It is just the most exciting feeling to know that I'm going to get to serve the state of Pennsylvania for the next year.
"As Miss Central Pennsylvania I already was so happy, I already was living a dream.
"I think sometimes when you see someone in this role as Miss Pennsylvania, you think they just had it naturally or it came easy to them - I am really not a natural when it comes to this.
Miranda added: "I have worked so hard and tried so hard to transform into the woman I am today, to feel confident and to feel empowered in serving our state.
"To young girls I would say don't give up. There's going to be hard things that come your way and you may not win your first time - I certainly didn't.
"But if you stick with it, you can achieve whatever you believe you can."
The Miss Pennsylvania 2023 runners-up were Miss York County, Page Weinstein, Miss Lancaster County, Victoria Vespico, Miss Philadelphia, Jacqueline Means, and Miss Berks County, Noelle Schneider as the first runner up.
Additional award winners at the 2023 Miss Pennsylvania Competition include:
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