Fargo woman crowned Miss World America 2016

By Helmut Schmidt on Jul 9, 2016 at 5:36 p.m.

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Audra Mari of Fargo was crowned Miss World America 2016 on Friday, July 8, 2016 in National Harbor, Md. She will go on to represent the United States in the Miss World 2016 pageant in December in Washington, D.C. Photo courtesy of the Miss World America pageant

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. - Fargo resident Audra Mari was crowned Miss World America 2016 on Friday, July 8, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center here, according to a pageant social media page and websites that follow national pageants.

The 22-year-old will represent the United States and be the host contestant at the Miss World 2016 pageant in Washington, D.C. That event will crown its winner Dec. 20.

The first runner-up for the Miss World America title is Shivali Patel of North Carolina, and the second runner-up is Sasha Perea of the District of Columbia, Criticalbeauty.com reported.

Mari won the interview segment of the pageant, and shared the top model prize with Shivali.

Previously, Mari had been first runner-up in the Miss USA 2014 pageant, and first-runner-up in Miss Teen USA 2011.

Mari's focus for advocacy is to stop bullying, Missosology.org reported.

Twenty eight women from across the United States competed for the title.

The United States boasts three Miss World winners — Marjorie Wallace (1973), Gina Tolleson (1990) and Alexandria Mills (2010), Missosology.org reported

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