
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) — Omaha resident and recent University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate Aleah Peters has been crowned Miss Nebraska 2016.
Peters, who entered the pageant as Miss Omaha, was crowned Saturday night in North Platte. Peters wowed the judges in the talent competition with a baton-twirling performance to “Wings.”
Peters will represent Nebraska in the Miss American Pageant the week of Sept. 6 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Miss Douglas County Savannah Rave was named first runner-up. Other finalists included second runner-up Miss Queen City Lianna Prill, of Kearney, and third runner-up Miss Twin Rivers Jenni Wahonick, of Papillion. Fourth runner-up was Miss Scotts Bluff County Allison Baird, of Gering.