For the first time in Miss America’s history, Miss North Dakota claimed the coveted Miss America crown. On Tuesday, September 10th, 23-year-old Cara Mund was crowned by Miss America 2017, Savvy Shields, at the 91st Miss America Pageant held in Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
According to Mund, only three women from North Dakota have ever made into the Top Ten of the competition. For winning the Miss America Pageant, Mund will receive a $50,000 scholarship, a six-figure salary and a contract with Dick Clark Productions.
Her platform for the Miss America 2018 pageant was “A Make-A-Wish Passion with Fashion” where she started the Make-A-Wish Fashion Show at the age of 14 and has been involved with organization ever since. In the preliminary rounds, she was the first-runner up for the Quality of Life Award.
Mund started her pageant career as a child and captured the titles of Little Miss North Dakota, Mis Pre-Teen North Dakota, and Miss Junior Teen North Dakota, and Miss North Dakota’s Outstanding Teen. Before capturing the title of Miss North Dakota 2017 as Miss Northern Lights, Mund competed in the Miss North Dakota in 2016 as Miss Oil Country, and was the first-runner up.
Just last year, Mund graduated from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island with a degree in business, entrepreneurship, and organizations. In the future, she plans on earning her Juris Doctor at Notre Dame Law School. Her dream is to someday become the Governor of North Dakota.
Congratulations to Miss America 2018, Cara Mund!