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Stamford's Kaitlyn Tarpey Competes For Miss America Crown On Sunday

STAMFORD, Conn. — It has been eight decades since the last Miss Connecticut became Miss America. But Stamford’s Kaitlyn Tarpey is hoping to change that Sunday night as she competes in Atlantic City for the crown of Miss America.

Kaitlyn Tarpey of Stamford was first crowned Miss Southington on her way to the Miss America pageant.

Kaitlyn Tarpey of Stamford was first crowned Miss Southington on her way to the Miss America pageant.

Photo Credit: Miss America website
Kaitlyn Tarpey of Stamford is crowned Miss Connecticut on June 22 in New London.

Kaitlyn Tarpey of Stamford is crowned Miss Connecticut on June 22 in New London.

Photo Credit: Miss Connecticut website, Steve Smith

Tarpey, 21, was crowned Miss Connecticut in June and now goes for the national title. She is a graduate of Loomis Chaffee School and now attends Pace University Honor's College.

If Tarpey wins, it would be the first time two women from the state take the Miss America and Miss USA crowns in the same year. Erin Brady, of Glastonbury, is the current Miss USA.

She was born in France, where her family lived while her father played professional basketball there. They moved to Long Island when she was 5, staying for a year and a half before moving to Stamford, where they have been since.

The red-haired and freckled young woman is performing an Irish Step Dance as her talent. Her platform issue is "Our Time To Serve: Hiring and Housing Our Veterans." Tarpey's scholastic ambition is to attend graduate school for human communications and become a human resources manager of a global corporation.

The Miss America competition will be televised live on ABC-TV at 9 p.m. Sunday. A "20/20" news special called "Pageant Confidential: The Road To Miss America" will air at 8 p.m. Sunday on ABC-TV.

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