Hannah France
Hannah France, 17, is a senior at West Fargo Sheyenne High School in Fargo, North Dakota. As a freshman, she helped create her school’s first publication, the MuFranceHannah.jpgstang Post, and has been working as a writer and editor for the news magazine ever since. Serving as assistant editor-in-chief during her sophomore and junior years, Hannah will be editor-in-chief in the fall. During her years as a student journalist, Hannah has been published in her local newspaper, the West Fargo Pioneer, attended National Student Press Association conventions in Denver and Orlando, and received awards for her newswriting from the Northern Interscholastic Press Association. Hannah plans to study journalism in college and pursue a career in investigative and/or documentary journalism. Hannah is an active member of her school’s theater and choir programs.
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Miss Missouri crown is a ‘big deal’ for LGBT community
Miss Missouri 2016, Erin O’Flaherty, made history and made a statement when she became the first openly gay Miss America contestant.
In a June 24 interview on Good Morning America, O’Flaherty said, “I’m excited to represent the LGBT community (because) we’re underrepresented in public positions of influence.”
O’Flaherty’s platform is suicide prevention. She works closely with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and with the Trevor Project, which provides a suicide hotline for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth.
