MANAYUNK (WPVI) -- There's a new Miss Black America!
Brittany Lewis from Washington, DC was crowned Saturday night.
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The pageant was held at the Venice Island Performing Arts Center in Manayunk.
It's now in its 49th year. It all began in 1968, during a time when African American women were still not allowed to compete in the Miss America pageant.
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