Miss New York Kira Kazantsev holds hands with Miss Virginia Courtney Paige Garrett before Kazantsev was announced as the winner of the 2015 Miss America Competition in Atlantic City, New Jersey

Miss New York Kira Kazantsev holds hands with Miss Virginia Courtney Paige Garrett before Kazantsev was announced as the winner of the 2015 Miss America Competition in Atlantic City, New Jersey

Miss New York Kira Kazantsev (L) holds hands with Miss Virginia Courtney Paige Garrett before Kazantsev was announced as the winner of the 2015 Miss America Competition in Atlantic City, New Jersey September 14, 2014. New Yorker Kazantsev won the coveted 2015 Miss America Pageant crown on Sunday, a “three-peat” for contenders from the Big Apple. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (UNITED STATES – Tags: ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY)