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Marshall grad makes top 15 in Miss USA pageant

Herald-Dispatch photo by Anthony Davis Marshall University student Nichole Greene was crowned Miss West Virginia USA 2016.
Herald-Dispatch photo by Anthony Davis
Marshall University student Nichole Greene was crowned Miss West Virginia USA 2016.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — There’s a new queen in town.

Deshauna Barber, Miss District of Columbia, was crowned the 2016 Miss USA Sunday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

She was crowned by Olivia Jordan from Oklahoma, who was the 2015 Miss USA. Barber will go on to represent the United States at the Miss Universe 2016 competition, the date of which has yet to be scheduled.

Among the several faces on stage was 24-year-old Nichole Greene, a native of Cross Lanes, West Virginia, who had the honor of representing the state in the competition. Green made it to the top 15 before being cut.

Now a Marshall University graduate, Greene won the title of Miss West Virginia USA in October…

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