NATION IN BRIEF : KANSAS : Miss U.S.A. Title Won by Michigan Student
Miss Michigan U.S.A. Kenya Moore, a 22-year-old Wayne State University student, captured the Miss U.S.A. 1993 title. Moore, of Detroit, was the second black to win the title in the history of the pageant. The first runner-up was Erin Nance, 20, of Calhoun, Ga. Tavia Shackles, 21, of Shawnee, Kan., finished third. The winner receives $200,000 worth of cash and prizes and competes in the Miss Universe pageant in Mexico City in May. The pageant took place in front of about 4,000 people at the Century II convention center in Wichita, Kan., and an estimated television audience of 300 million people in 30 countries.
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