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Palos Verdes Native Crowned Miss California USA
Natalie Ann Pack earned the title Sunday in Palm Desert.
A Palos Verdes native and self-described tomboy was crowned the new Miss California USA on Sunday in her first-ever pageant.
Natalie Ann Pack, 22, was born in Palos Verdes and now lives in Newport Beach, according to a Newport Beach Patch report.
Pack, a junior at UC Irvine, has plans to attend medical school. She entered the competition as "Miss Hoag Hospital" because of her work at the Orange County center as an intern.
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Pack told KCAL9 that she "was stunned" to learn she had won the crown.
"It was shocking to me, but I'm so happy about it," she said during the interview.
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