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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, February 20, 1993                   TAG: 9302200186
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: WICHITA, KAN.                                LENGTH: Short

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MICHIGAN STUDENT WINS MISS USA CROWN

Miss Michigan USA, Kenya Moore, a 22-year-old Wayne State University student, captured the Miss USA 1993 title Friday night.

Moore, of Detroit, was the second black woman to win the title in the history of the pageant. The first black winner was Miss USA 1990 Carole Gist, also from Michigan.

The first runner-up was Erin Nance, 20, of Calhoun, Ga. Tavia Shackles, 21, of Shawnee, Kan., finished third.

Moore wore her new crown a little lopsided and dabbed tears from her eyes as she waved to the crowd following her coronation.

The winner receives $200,000 worth of cash and prizes and competes in the Miss Universe pageant in Mexico City in May.

The crowning took place in front of about 4,000 people at the Century II convention center and an estimated television audience of 300 million in 30 countries.

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