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Kyara Lardin Crowned Miss Southwest in San Luis

KAWC | By Victor Calderón
Published December 7, 2018 at 5:29 PM MST
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Kyara Lardin was crowned Miss Southwest 2018 in San Luis on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018.
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From left to right, Miss Southwest 2018 candidates Jackie Perez Arce, Kimberly Lopez Marquez, Viviann Gurrola, Kyara Lardin and Fernanda Medina.
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Elia Ezrre was a judge for Miss Southwest 2018 and represented San Luis Rio Colorado in the 2015 Nuestra Belleza Latina reality show competition.
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Kyara Lardin was crowned Miss Southwest on Thursday evening in San Luis.

Lardin, 19, is a student at Arizona Western College. She was selected from five contestants in the scholarship pageant and gets a $1,000 scholarship award.

Kimberly Lopez Marquez was named runner-up and Jackie Perez Arce was named second runner-up at the Cesar Chavez Cultural Center.

The other contestants were Viviann Gurrola and Fernanda Medina.

Lardin will represent San Luis at public events in the next year, including Saturday’s Founder’s Day Parade and Celebration.
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Victor Calderón
Victor is originally from West Sacramento, California and has lived in Arizona for more than five years. He began his print journalism career in 2004 following his graduation from Georgetown University in Washington D.C. Victor has been a reporter for the following daily newspapers: The Monterey County Herald, The Salinas Californian and the Reno Gazette-Journal, where he covered stories including agriculture, education and Latino community news. Victor has also served as a local editor for Patch, a national news organization with hyperlocal websites, in Carmichael, California in the Sacramento area. He also served as the editor for The New Vision, the newspaper for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson, which includes Yuma and La Paz counties. Victor lives in Somerton. He enjoys spending time with his family and friends and following most sports.
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