Nina Davuluri is the first Miss America winner of Indian descent . She ran on a platform of ` ` of diversity through cultural competency '' It was a challenge to live her life at home , she said . " : ` ` Assimilation has to happen from both sides , it ' n't be one - sided . ''
Nina Davuluri is the first Miss America winner of Indian descent . Davuluri ran on a platform of `` celebrating diversity through cultural competency '' It was a challenge to live her platform at home , she says . Davuluri : `` Assimilation has to happen from both sides , it ca n't be one-sided . ''