{"id":96873,"date":"2017-10-17T20:01:55","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T00:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/?p=96873"},"modified":"2021-04-15T17:22:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T21:22:26","slug":"best-buddies-mikayla-holmgren-becomes-first-woman-syndrome-compete-miss-minnesota-usa-pageant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2017\/10\/17\/best-buddies-mikayla-holmgren-becomes-first-woman-syndrome-compete-miss-minnesota-usa-pageant\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Buddies\u2019 Mikayla Holmgren Becomes First Woman with Down Syndrome to Compete in Miss Minnesota USA Pageant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Mikayla Holmgren is making history by becoming the first woman with Down<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-96874\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/mikayla-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mikayla Holmgren\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/mikayla-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/mikayla-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/mikayla.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> Syndrome to compete in the Miss Minnesota USA pageant &#8211; which is also a first for the Miss USA pageant in any state. 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