Elyse Umemoto, a member of the Yakama Nation of Washington, placed second runner-up in the Miss America pageant on Saturday.
Umemoto said she was "thrilled" about her finish. She left the competition with $20,000 in scholarship money.
In addition to being Yakama, Umemoto is German, Hispanic and Japanese. Her platform as Miss Washington is "Embracing Diversity, Empowering Women."
Umemoto grew up in Wapato, on the Yakama Reservation. She is a student at Pacific Lutheran University and plans to attend law school.
Get the Story:Wapato native is second runner-up at Miss America Pageant (The Yakima Herald-Republic 1/27) Relevant Links:
Elyse Umemoto - http://www.plu.edu/~umemotel
Miss America - http://www.missamerica.org
Miss Washington - http://www.misswashington.org
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