CLAYTON, N.C. (WTVD) -- On Friday, reigning Miss America Nia Franklin returned to her home state of North Carolina to promote performing arts in education at Clayton High School in Johnston County.

Camille Schrier, of Virginia, left, reacts after winning the Miss America competition at the Mohegan Sun casino in Uncasville, Conn., Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019. At right is runner-up Miss. Georgia ...

Nia Franklin didn’t know that she would be a part of history when she was crowned as Miss America 2019. But when she was joined by three other black women who were crowned Miss Universe, Miss Teen USA ...

Franklin is a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where she studied music composition. “I have New York grit,” Franklin, 25, said during the competition. “As a New Yorker, ...

Miss New York Nia Imani Franklin Crowned The New 2019 Miss America at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City (Credit: Judy Eddy/WENN.com) Writer for uInterview.com. NY Giants and Rangers fan. Film ...