Elizabeth Muto was abandoned as a baby at the Reno airport 24 years ago. Now she's Miss Nevada.

The Las Vegas woman beat 11 other women Saturday to become the first black Miss Nevada and to advance to the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, N.J., in September.

"I've been Nevada's own since I was 10 days old," Muto said. "Since then, the people of Nevada have loved and supported me."

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Muto was abandoned atop a counter at Reno-Tahoe airport. A Reno couple adopted her.

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