Nicole Messina, Miss District of Columbia 1998, shares a candid look at the road from pageants to motherhood, marriage, divorce, and finding her way back to dance. After competing in New Jersey, Maryland, and DC, Nicole finally made it to the Miss America stage. Even though her year did not unfold the exactly way she hoped, she learned how to create her own path. In this episode, she opens up about funding her own journey, choosing dance over law school, rebuilding her identity after a difficult marriage, and how social media helped launch a new chapter as Nicole Tapz.

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