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- ↑ "2011 Miss America Pageant Returns to Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas!" (Press release). Miss America Organization. July 22, 2010. Archived from the original on May 3, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2010.
- ↑ Barhite, Brandi (August 26, 2010). "Sylvania native heads to Miss America pageant". Toledo Free Press . Toledo, OH. Archived from the original on September 18, 2013. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
- ↑ Ohio Senate Resolution 22: Honoring Becky Minger as the 2010 Miss Ohio, February 2, 2011
