Meet The Army Officer Crowned 2016 Miss USA.

Meet The Army Officer Crowned 2016 Miss USA. 

Deshauna Barber, a 26-year-old Army officer and IT analyst for the U.S. Department of Commerce, who won first place in the Miss USA beauty Pageant on Sunday night. This would be the third time in the history of the pageant that the crown would be won by a Colombian.

According to her Miss USA bio, Barber is currently a logistics commander for the 988th Quartermaster Detachment Unit in Fort Meade, Md who joined the Army at 17.

During the pageant, announcers called her “the most disciplined contestant this year.” Her background added context to her much-applauded answer during the Q&A portion of the evening, as her question covered women in combat.