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In this September 3, 2014 photo, Miss Kansas Amanda Sasek acknowledges the crowd during the Miss America Pageant arrival ceremonies in Atlantic City, N.J. Representing Kansas in the Miss America pageant, Sasek is one of several contestants whose real-life family tragedies have determined the public service platform they choose for the competition. Her platform as Miss Kansas is to help people find their strengths, in memory of her father, who committed suicide. The aftermath of her father�s suicide led her to develop an eating disorder, anorexia, which she had to struggle to overcome. She wants to help others who have lost loved ones that have taken their own lives. (Photo by Mel Evans/AP Photo)
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