The newly crowned Miss Kansas Alexis Smith showed that winning the title sometimes requires bravery, too. Smith stunned the judges during her final interview at the Miss Kansas competition last month when she said that her abuser was in the audience. “But that’s not going to stop me from being on this Miss Kansas stage and from representing as the next Miss Kansas,” she continued to applause and cheers. “Domestic violence does not discriminate.”She’ll use her platform to continue to speak out against domestic violence in Kansas and beyond, she said. As the state winner, Smith was also awarded more than $15,000 in scholarships.

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