Cara Mund

Cara Mund
Mund in January 2018
Born Cara D. Mund
(1993-12-08) December 8, 1993
Bismarck, North Dakota, U.S.
Alma mater Brown University
Title Miss Northern Lights 2017
Miss North Dakota 2017
Miss America 2018
Term September 10, 2017 – September 9, 2018
Predecessor Savvy Shields
Successor Nia Franklin

Cara Mund (/kɑːrə/ car-uh; born December 8, 1993) is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Bismarck, North Dakota. In June 2017, she was crowned Miss North Dakota 2017. On September 10, 2017, she was crowned Miss America 2018 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Early life and education

Mund was born in Bismarck, North Dakota. Since the age of 14, Mund has organized an annual fund-raising fashion show benefiting the Make-a-Wish Foundation.[1] She graduated with honors from Brown University in 2016 with a degree in business, entrepreneurship, and organizations where she served as the president of the sorority, Kappa Delta.[2] Prior to being crowned Miss America, she expressed plans to attend law school to receive her Juris Doctor and had already been accepted to Notre Dame Law School.[1] From August to December 2016, she interned for Republican Senator John Hoeven in Washington D.C. and has expressed interest in representing North Dakota in the state and U.S. Senate as well as being the first woman to be elected Governor of North Dakota.[3] Mund is a relative of Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for President of the United States.[4]

Pageantry

Early pageantry

Mund began pageantry as a child, capturing the titles of Little Miss North Dakota, Miss Pre-Teen North Dakota, and Miss Junior Teen North Dakota.[5] Mund later competed in Miss North Dakota's Outstanding Teen 2010 as Miss Red River Valley's Outstanding Teen. She went on to win the competition, and competed in Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2011.[1] She later was the 4th runner-up at the Miss North Dakota Teen USA 2012 pageant.[6]

Miss North Dakota

Mund later competed in Miss North Dakota 2016 as Miss Oil Country, and was the first runner-up. She returned to the competition the following year as Miss Northern Lights 2017, and was crowned Miss North Dakota 2017, with her platform being "A Make-A-Wish Passion with Fashion."[4]

Miss America 2018

Mund represented North Dakota in the Miss America 2018 competition held at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in September 2017. Her platform was "A Make-A-Wish Passion with Fashion." In the preliminary competitions, Mund was named the first runner-up for the Quality of Life Award.[7]

On September 10, 2017, Mund was crowned Miss America 2018 by Miss America 2017 Savvy Shields, besting first runner-up, Miss Missouri 2017, Jennifer Davis.[8][9][10][11] Along with the title of Miss America, she received a $50,000 scholarship. Mund is the first contestant from North Dakota to win the Miss America title. She is also the last Miss America to ever compete in the swimsuit portion of competition.[12]

In August 2018, Mund criticized the Miss America Organization in a five-page letter, stating "My voice is not heard nor wanted by our current leadership, nor do they have any interest in knowing who I am and how my experiences relate to positioning the organization for the future.”[13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Bismarck's Cara Mund crowned Miss North Dakota". Grand Forks Herald. June 12, 2017. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Cara Mund". Linkedin.com. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  3. ↑ Dalrymple, Amy (September 12, 2017). "Mund proud to put North Dakota 'on the map' as state's first Miss America". Bismarck Tribune.
  4. 1 2 "Miss North Dakota". Miss America Organization. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
  5. ↑ Feldman, Kate (September 10, 2017). "Miss North Dakota, Cara Mund, wins Miss America 2018". NY Daily News.
  6. ↑ "Miss North Dakota USA & Teen USA state pageant results". Pageant Update Results.
  7. ↑ Morgan, Ike (September 8, 2017). "Miss Alabama Jessica Procter wins Miss America Quality of Life Award". AL.com. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
  8. ↑ Rees, Alex (September 10, 2017). "Miss North Dakota, Cara Mund, Wins Miss America 2018". Cosmopolitan.
  9. ↑ Weigle, Lauren (September 10, 2017). "Who Won the Miss America 2018 Pageant Tonight?". Heavy.
  10. ↑ Wilson, Samantha (September 10, 2017). "Miss North Dakota, Cara Mund, Slays The Competition & Becomes Miss America 2018". Hollywood Life.
  11. ↑ "The Latest: Miss North Dakota is crowned Miss America 2018". Washington Post. Associated Press. September 10, 2017.
  12. ↑ Moniuszko, Sara M. (September 10, 2017). "Miss America 2018: Miss North Dakota Cara Mund takes the crown". USA TODAY.
  13. ↑ Argetsinger, Amy (August 17, 2018). "'No Miss America should be humiliated': Before giving up crown, Cara Mund blasts pageant leadership". Washington Post.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Savvy Shields		 Miss America
2018		 Succeeded by
Nia Franklin
Preceded by
Macy Christianson		 Miss North Dakota
2017		 Succeeded by
Lizzie Jensen
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