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Published: 2011-01-12 21:19:00
Updated: 2011-01-13 15:12:58

Posted: January 12, 2011
Updated: January 13, 2011

Miss North Carolina wins preliminary talent portion of Miss America

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Raleigh, N.C. — Miss North Carolina Adrienne Core won the preliminary talent competition at the Miss America pageant on Tuesday night.

Core, a 2010 graduate of North Carolina State University, performed a fast-paced, contemporary clogging routine.

The Miss America pageant is Saturday in Las Vegas.

As Miss North Carolina, Core has promoted the V Foundation for Cancer Research, which was founded by N.C. State men's basketball coach Jim Valvano before he died of cancer in 1993. She plans to  pursue a master's degree in mathematics education.

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Very happy for Miss NC. Her performance was wonderful. Compared to some of the other prelim talent, she was outstanding. Clogging is very hard, especially the fast-paced clogging she was doing. Please look her up on YouTube and you will see how energetic and entertaining the performance was.
bmatt
January 13, 2011 2:45 p.m.
Gee wizz, no rednecks on golo today,, Clogging is cool and a hard act to follow, much better than the chicken foot shaggers
Click to view my profile oleguy
January 13, 2011 12:46 p.m.
Congrats to Miss NC. She has worked tirelessly to represent our state and the V Foundation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea4wf9JESi0 for the rehearsal video of her performance. Outstanding!!
4chrismix
January 13, 2011 12:32 p.m.
Just have to say... Wolfpack in the house!
Click to view my profile davido
January 13, 2011 10:33 a.m.
Seriously, I don't get the hate here. Goloers are always complaining about the do-nothings of the world, but then we get a story about a young woman who has worked her tail off to get where she is, and you complain about that too!
mpheels
January 13, 2011 10:32 a.m.
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