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Miss America hopeful Sophia Parker wants everyone to have "a seat at the table" – regardless of their political affiliation.

Miss Vermont, a 27-year-old Army National Guard sergeant, will compete in the Miss America pageant on Sunday. She said her mission is to remind Americans that service and unity matter more than division.

"Unfortunately, we are living at a time of great division, and I’ve seen this grow even just in my lifetime," Parker, a combat medic and nurse at the University of Vermont Medical Center, told Fox News Digital.

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"Between the left and the right… there is a ton of division," she shared. "Howev

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