Lene Samuelsen crowned Miss Norway 2016
Keeping tradition alive for the past 61 years, Miss Norway 2016 went off without a hitch. This year’s winners: Lene Samuelsen, Miss Norway of Greater New York and Susannah O’Shea, Miss Heritage of Greater New York.
“We had a wonderful contest,” said Lars Nilsen, co-chair of the Norwegian Immigration Association (NIA). “We were very happy and it went very well.”
Nilsen said that this year, as with many previous years, judging the pageant was very difficult given each contestant’s “excellence.