at one point she said there was an angry minority that felt i tarnished the crown. it rocked me to my core. did any of this rock you to your core? your parents were born, raised, grew up in india. right. you are first generation did anything make you think twice? about ever competing for miss america? no, just how people responded, about how you feel about your country. i have always it s something i ve grown up with with a stereotype, which is why i started my platform celebrating diversity for cultural competency. that s a cause i ve been promoting for three years now. right. i have always viewed miss america as the girl next door, but the girl next door is evolving as the diversity evolves. she s not going to be the same person come ten years down the road. going into this, i wanted to be the first indian miss america to be that symbol of a new face for the organization, and let the younger girls know regardless of race, their economic status, i m
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she s one of five sisters. she s very smart. she knows a lot of people in the state and she was kind of born for politics. her father was a state party chairman. controversial one, by the way, but a very personable guy who knows everybody. they re extremely close to the clintons and james carville. and to that wing of the democratic party. she was kind of born into politics. she doesn t have much of a record which is an advantage because usually mitch is running to tear somebody apart. she s almost a blank slate. casey, do you think she has the girl next door or the young girl, she s obviously a young woman. does she look like she speaks of kentucky, she represents the people? i actually interviewed her while we were down there. we talked about you know, her race. we talked about her grandmother, where she s from. she was in there chopping up barbecue in the shed next to where they were making their own charcoal from hickory and grilling tons of barbecue quite literally.
dig political family in lexington. she s one of five sisters. she s very smart. she knows a lot of people in the state and she was kind of born for politics. her father was a state party chairman. controversial one but a very personable guy who knows everybody. they re extremely close to the clintons and james carville. into that wing of the democratic party. she was kind of born into politics. she doesn t have much of a record which is an advantage because usually mitch is running to tear somebody apart. she s almost a blank slate. casey, do you think she has the girl next door or the young girl, she s obviously a young woman. does she look like she speaks of kentucky, represents the people? i actually interviewed her while we were down there. we talked about you know, her race, about her grandmother, where she s from. she was in there chopping up barbecue in the shed next to where they were making their own charcoal from hickory and grilling tons of barbecue quite
controversial one, by the way, but a very personal guy who knows everybody. they re extremely close to the clintons and james carville. and to that wing of the democratic party. she was kind of born into politics. she doesn t have much of a record which is an advantage because usually mitch is running to tear somebody apart. she s almost a blank slate. casey, do you think she has the girl next door or the young girl, she s obviously a young woman. does she look like she speaks of kentucky, she represents the people? i actually interviewed her while we were down there. we talked about you know, her race. we talked about her grandmother, where she s from. she was in there chopping up barbecue in the shed next to where they were making their own charcoal from hickory and grilling tons of barbecue quite literally. she was in there getting her hands dirty with that real down home quality. still immaculately dressed but friendly, relatable. she really sort of has that whole package kind