Miss Atlanta, Carly M. Mathis, 22, won Miss Georgia 2013 in Columbus on Saturday.
Mathis, of Leesburg, won a $15,000 scholarship and will represent Georgia in the Miss America pageant.
Miss Cobb County, Maggie Bridges, 20, of Brinson was the third runner-up and won a $3,500 scholarship.
Bridges is a biochemistry major at Georgia Tech. She was one of four Tech students competing in the Miss Georgia Pageant, but the only one who placed.
The other competitors from Georgia Tech were business major Meredith Crawley of Lake Lanier, industrial engineering major Kristy Miller of Cherokee County and public policy and business major Amanda Scott of Macon.
They were among 40 Miss Georgia contestants who competed for the crown.
The crown was handed off by Miss Georgia 2012 Leighton Jordan, a Georgia State University student from Suwanee.
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