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Published February 13, 2012, 12:00 AM

Miss Minnesota Nitaya Panemalaythong


Miss Minnesota Nitaya Panemalaythong makes tries on her crown at home inSavage, Minnesota in January 2012. The first-time pageant competitor was born in a refugee camp in Thailand after her parents fled their native Laos. (MicKenna Ewen/Minneapolis Star Tribune/MCT)


Read the article: 26-year-old woman goes from Laos to Thai refugee camp to Miss Minnesota