On Sunday night a Fayetteville native, whose mother is battling lung cancer, was named Miss USA.
Miss District of Columbia, Deshauna Barber, hails from Fayetteville, N.C. and is a Captain in the Army, commander of the 988th quarter detachment at Fort Meade in Maryland.
The Barber family – both parents and three children – served in the military. Barber’s win means that she will go on to compete in the Miss Universe contest.
The three-hour show featured 52 contestants representing each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The pageant had also included a “Miss 52 USA,” Alexandra Miller, a 26-year-old from Oklahoma City.
The beauty pageant organization is bouncing back from a series of controversies last year, including a breakup with former owner Donald Trump and the mistaken crowning of Miss Universe by host, Steve Harvey. At the start of Sunday’s show, Steve Harvey made a cameo in a video to poke fun of the Miss Universe crowning mix-up in December.
As for Trump — who didn’t appear at Sunday’s Miss USA pageant — the presumptive Republican presidential nominee wasn’t forgotten by viewers on social media. Some commented that the event was less campy and more boring than previous years without the brash billionaire’s involvement, while others said they were glad to take in the guilty-pleasure show without supporting the businessman turned politician.
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