Davuluri tried again the following year and won the title of Miss Syracuse . She was then was crowned Miss New York 2013 . Shortly after winning the Miss New York title , she held a party in her hotel room , where a fellow contestant in the neighboring room later claimed to have heard her refer to the previous Miss New York Mallory Hagan ( who later went on to become Miss America 2013 ) as " fat as bleep " during this party . Davuluri denied making these comments , later saying that " Mallory and I are good friends . " An official from the Miss America pageant also stated that the " situation was investigated fully back in July and there is no validity to the story whatsoever . Miss New York spoke to Mallory Hytes Hagan to let her know there was no validity and to apologize if she was offended in any way . " In addition , Davuluri has spoken publicly about losing , her struggle with bulimia , and her belief that " you do n't need to be a certain size to be healthy "
Miss America 2013
Miss America 2013
Nina Davuluri