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The woman who deprived Sarah Palin of the Miss Alaska title (she had to settle for Miss Congeniality) is entering the political arena. Maryline Blackburn, now a resident of Georgia and a singer and actress to boot, is mounting a bid for the state House of Representatives, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Blackburn bested Palin in 1984, becoming the first African-American to snag the title. She's a Democrat, and, yes, she voted for Obama.
