{"319971":{"#nid":"319971","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech senior prepares for Miss America pageant","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMaggie Bridges has traded dirt roads and pickup trucks for a tiara, at least for the next year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cHow surreal this is that I\u2019m going to Miss America. I still can\u2019t get over that,\u201d Bridges says, wide-eyed and full of excitement.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBridges grew up on a farm in Brinson (population 300), a southwest Georgia town about 30 miles from the Florida border. Now she\u0027s a senior at Georgia Tech, pursuing her degree in Business Administration in a metro area of nearly 6 million people.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s a huge transition from a town with 300 people,\u201d Bridges says. \u201cI\u2019m loving life. I love Georgia Tech.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBridges was crowned Miss Georgia earlier this summer. She leaves for New Jersey on Labor Day to compete in the September 14 Miss America pageant.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/yellow-jacket-competing-miss-america-title\u0022\u003ERead why she\u0027s proud to break Georgia Tech sterotypes and see the 3D-printed, Ramblin\u0027 Wreck high heels she\u0027ll wear during Miss America festivities. Plus, see a video of Bridges\u0027 journey from her small hometown to the big stage in Atlantic City. \u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESenior Maggie Bridges, who was named Miss Georgia earlier this summer, will compete in September\u0027s Miss America pageant in Atlantic City.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Senior Maggie Bridges, who was named Miss Georgia earlier this summer, will compete in September\u0027s Miss America pageant."}],"uid":"27560","created_gmt":"2014-08-29 09:16:54","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:59","author":"Jason Maderer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-08-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-08-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"319951":{"id":"319951","type":"image","title":"Maggie Bridges, Miss Georgia","body":null,"created":"1449244997","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:03:17","changed":"1475895029","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:29","alt":"Maggie Bridges, Miss Georgia","file":{"fid":"200076","name":"featurephoto1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/featurephoto1_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/featurephoto1_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":100879,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/featurephoto1_0.jpg?itok=2e3tPF8q"}}},"media_ids":["319951"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/yellow-jacket-competing-miss-america-title","title":"Feature story on Miss Georgia, Maggie Bridges"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"96131","name":"Maggie Bridges"},{"id":"101341","name":"Miss America"},{"id":"96121","name":"Miss Georgia"},{"id":"168953","name":"shoes"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELaura Diamond \u003Cbr \/\u003EMedia Relations\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}