Tiny Miss Sedalia may only be 3 years old, but she dreams of becoming Batman’s sidekick one day and winning a national title in an upcoming pageant.
Elizabeth Koenig, of Whiteman Air Force Base, has been competing in beauty pageants for three years.
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