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Miss America 19^
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PreSdeni Clinton’s plans for the
homeless^
'""Aiken, a student of both
accounting arid music, sang a
moving fendition of George
Gefswhin’s "Summertime" during
the talent portion of the contest’s
nationally televised finals.
She studied' last year at the
University of North Carolina and is
enrolled this year at the University
of South Carolina.
She is the first Miss America
ftdih South Carolina since 1957
arid the first 18-year-old crowned
since Tawny Godin of New York
won in 1976.
Along with the title, Aiken will
reckve a $35,000 scholarship, a
Chevrolet Camaro and an estimated
$200,000 in speaking fees.
The field of 50 contestants, one
from each state; was narrowed to
10 and then to five semifirialists
after two weeks of competition m
swimsuit, talent, interview andi
evening gown competition.
As part of a new format for ihe ^
73-year-old pageant, co.atestants
had to do their own hair and make
up and the dress code for the
evening wear competition was
relaxed.
Aiken wore a black fitted
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Family, Friends Say New
Miss America Is Humble,
Kind and Talented
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) —
Kvmberiy Aiken is still a teenager,
but she "un easily handle her
i-CitOiisibilities as the new Miss
An''-',;ca, her mother says.
"She’s poised, calm and has her
head screwed on right, especially
when she’s trying to help people,"
.Aiken’s mother, Mrs. Valerie
\ikcn said Sunday.
Mrs. Aiken didn’t think her
daughter would win as an 18-year-
old, be- she thinks judges were
i.opressod by the Columbia
resident’s maturity and elegance.
■ Maturity and elegance had
nci’-ing to do with the reaction of
A' '.en’s dormitory cheering section
at her former school, the University
of North Carolina at Charlotte.
"Some of us were hanging out of
the window screaming, ‘Go Kim!
Go KimI’ Everybody’s so shocked
she got it, but we all knew she
could dOi it," said Kendra Pough,
18, Aiken’s classmate at St.
Andrews Middle School and
Columbia High School.
Columbia High chorus teacher
Conchita Edens, one of Aiken’s
vocal coaches, said she is still
trying to come down from the
excitement of seeing her humble
and kind pupil win.
"She has never been one to want
to seek all of the glory. And that
voice of hers, I tell you, it’s
heavenly — God sent," EJe
Kimberly Aiken’s boyfi
11 months, Louis :
she met while at scl
Charlotte, said
overwhelmed when he rd
girlfriend is Miss Amma.
"I had to sit down," Bai
"I felt, fainty." Columbia
Bob Coble planned Simdj)
Aiken e, telegrai
congratulations.
Although the date has
set, Aiken’s homecomiiij
declared "Kimberly Aiiei
Columbia, Coble said.
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General Manager
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scores, however, lag behind the
national average for white students
by about 10 points.
bhe pattern of black and white
achievement repeated itself several
times this year when national test
scores were released for elementary
End high school students.
North Carolina’s black eighth-
graders, for example, scored two
points above the average of blacks
nationwide on a math test released
in April — a ranking of 18th in the
country.
North Carolina’s whites scored
10 points below whites nationwide
on the same test — a ranking of
33rd.
The state’s black students scored
19 points behind the national
average for blacks when SAT
results were released in August
Whites scored 34 points behind
whiles nationwide.
College officials who see the
competitive difference stress the
need for improvement among both
races.
"North Carolina’s black students
are more competitive, and I notice
that here, but the gap is still
dramatic between blacks and
w-hites. And eventually, everyone
mpites against each other," said
-loyd "Vic" Hackley, chancellor of
Fayetteville State University, which
js predominantly black.
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