Davuluri from Syracuse sashayed off with the tiara and the $50,000 scholarship cash as the nationally televised pageant was back in Boardwalk Hall, where judges chose her to succeed the current title-holder, and former Miss New York, Mallory Hagan, USA Today reported.

24-year-old Nina Davuluri, being crowned as the First Miss America of Indian descent.u00a0Pic: IANS