CARA MUND, MISS NORTH DAKOTA WINS MISS AMERICA 2018

Miss North Dakota, Cara Mund, wins Miss America 2018

In a glitzy show Sunday night, Mund beat out 50 other women in five categories: lifestyle and fitness, evening wear, talent, interview and onstage questions. The 23-year-old graduated from Brown University and has been accepted to law school at the University of Notre Dame.

She was previously Miss North Dakota’s Outstanding Teen, Little Miss, Miss Pre-Teen and Miss Junior Teen. Mund credited her mother as her greatest role model.

“She's been diagnosed with cancer three times,” she said during the competition. “Despite the circumstances, she's always told me, you can't control the cards you're dealt, but you can control the hand.” She also said she looks up to Emma Watson for her work as an advocate for women’s rights in the United Nations.