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Miss Alabama
The contestants flaunted their bikini bodies at the 2016 Miss America Competition preliminaries at the Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey days before the televised pageant. Here is Meg McGuffin.
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Miss Arizona
Madi Esteves
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Miss Arkansas
Loren Alyssa McDaniel
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Miss California
Bree Morse
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Miss Colorado
Kelley Johnson
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Miss Delaware
Brooke Mitchell
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Miss Florida
Mary Katherine won the swimsuit competition during the preliminaries.
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Miss Hawaii
Jeanne Kapela
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Miss Idaho
Kalie Wright
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Miss Illinois
Crystal Davis
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Miss Indiana
Morgan Jackson
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Miss Iowa
Taylor Wiebers
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Miss Kansas
Hannah Wagner
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Miss Kentucky
Clark Janell Davis
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Miss Louisiana
April Nelson
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Miss Maine
Kelsey Earley
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Miss Maryland
Destiny Clark
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Miss Massachusetts
Meagan Fuller
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Miss Michigan
Emily Kieliszewski
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Miss Minnesota
Rachel Latuff
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Miss Mississippi
Hannah Roberts
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Miss Missouri
McKensie Garber
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Miss Montana
Danielle Wineman
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Miss Nebraska
Alyssa Howell