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Photos: Miss Nebraska Audrey Eckert from Lincoln sweetheart to Miss USA

As the “Miss Universe, USA” sash was draped over Audrey Eckert’s shoulder, the first person she saw in the crowd was her dad — jumping, cheering and running toward the stage.

“I just knew he was over the moon, and he was so happy,” Eckert, a Lincoln native told the Journal Star just days after she was crowned Miss USA on Oct. 24 in Reno, Nevada.

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