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- September 10, 2018
5 things to know about the new Miss America
Get to know this dynamic 24-year-old.
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Last month, she posted a video trying to get everyone to support the non-profit Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, where she donated the stem cells for her father's treatment.
I know firsthand the impact that CMN Hospitals can have in a family’s life. As a former patient and daughter of a patient, I have witnessed the exceptional care and love CMN Hospitals provide. Visit the CMN Hospitals website, and help make miracles happen today????@CMNHospitals pic.twitter.com/uOqjfAFE91
— Miss New York (@MissAmericaNY) August 26, 2018
2 - She's loved music her whole life.
Franklin, who performed an opera song for the talent portion of the competition, is also a champion for arts education.
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According to her contestant bio, she's had a passion for music since she was a little girl.
\"I composed my first song at age six,\" she wrote in the bio. \"My dedication to the arts influenced my educational choices, resulting in my master of music composition degree. Although I was a minority in my school, I connected with my peers based on our mutual love of the arts. For the Miss America Organization, I will bring my zeal for music and performance, and be a strong support for arts in education.\"
#advocationforthearts #artseducation pic.twitter.com/R55T4JEYE5
— Miss New York (@MissAmericaNY) August 8, 2018
She also has Grammy aspirations.
View this post on InstagramA post shared by Miss New York (@missamericany) on Sep 7, 2018 at 9:41pm PDT
3 - She has some adorable fans.
Franklin's mother teaches fourth grade and you can bet the entire class will be celebrating her big win.
Earlier this month, Franklin took to Instagram to some special fan mail that made her emotional.
\"Okay... I cried when I read these! My mom’s 4th grade class believes in me so much. I’m doing all I can to make them, and all the other kids out there watching me proud! #emotional #blessed,\" she wrote.
View this post on InstagramA post shared by Miss New York (@missamericany) on Sep 6, 2018 at 9:21pm PDT
4 - She has a healthy sense of humor.
Franklin took to her social media recently to make a few jokes, one about a recent experience golfing for the first time.
\"The real house wives of Miss America - the Cali trophy wife, the New York wife that married a man 20 years her senior, and the Carolina Country Club mom of three,\" she captioned a photo with two of her fellow contestants.
View this post on InstagramA post shared by Miss New York (@missamericany) on Sep 1, 2018 at 6:46pm PDT
5 - She loves to travel.
Franklin also has posted in the past about her love for travel.
\"These are my favorite travel essentials ... The only thing I’m missing is an eye mask for those long flights,\" she wrote on Instagram.
As Miss America, she'll certainly be traveling a lot in the next year!
View this post on InstagramA post shared by Miss New York (@missamericany) on Aug 5, 2018 at 7:43am PDT
ABC News' Catherine Thorbecke and Katie Kindelan contributed to this report.
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