Miss Florida crowned in St. Petersburg

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A 23-year-old woman who started a nonprofit organization to support military troops won the Miss Florida USA 2007 pageant on Saturday night.

Kylie Williams, who entered as Miss Tallahassee, said she was still in shock shortly after being crowned Saturday.

"It really hasn't sunk in yet. I was just talking to one of my friends and realized oh my gosh I'm going to Miss America."

Williams, of Jasper, has family in the military and has been part of a group that performs for the troops. "I've always really appreciated that we wouldn't have the freedom to be talking the way we are right now if it weren't for the men and women fighting for that freedom," she said.