ANGOLA, Ind. -- Trine University student and High Voltage Dance Team member Alexandra "Daisy" Dallas of Angola was crowned the winner of the Miss Northeast Scholarship Pageant in the T. Furth Center for Performing Arts.

As a result of winning the pageant, Dallas, 19, will compete in the Miss Indiana Scholarship Pageant in June 2017. She will be a sophomore this fall majoring in biomedical engineering, and her platform is focused on STEM — science, technology, engineering and mathematics. This year marked the first time the pageant had been held in Angola.

Dallas was part of this year's High Voltage Dance Team, which won the Jazz category at the Cheer Ltd. Nationals at CANAM in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Photo courtesy of The Herald Republican.