MEXICO, Mo. -- Miss Columbia was crowned the new Miss Missouri at a ceremony Saturday.
Stacie Cooley, 21, is originally from Liberty but entered the pageant as Miss Columbia.
Cooley will represent the state in the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, N.J.
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