MONROE, La. (AP) — Miss Lincoln Parish Blair Abene has been crowned Miss Louisiana 2008.

The Hammond woman will compete in the Miss America pageant in January in Las Vegas.

Abene sang Puccini’s “Nessun Dorma” in the state pageant Saturday night in Monroe. Her platform is Tourettes Awareness Reaching Teens, or TART.

First runner-up was Miss La Bonne Terre Jennifer Soileau, second runner-up was Miss Southeastern Louisiana University Brandy Hotard, third runner-up was Miss Lafayette Michelle Mayer and fourth runner-up was Miss City of Roses Courtney Haynes.