When Mattie Witman, 18, received a flyer in the mail notifying her that she'd been nominated for Miss Teen Oklahoma City, she thought it was a scam. But when it turned out to be the real deal, she decided to enter the pageant in order to raise awareness for the LGBT community and call attention to unrealistic standards of beauty.

She planned to wear a tuxedo on the big day, captioning an Instagram #onetuxatatime.

Surrounded by 59 other contestants in gowns, Mattie soared through the competition and was awarded the crown. The whole time, she looked fly in her favorite tux.

"There are people who need to be brave, who need to stand up for other people, and to show people that there is a life outside of imperfect standards of beauty that are put on women," she told KFOR.

Next up, the Oklahoma University freshman will go to Florida for the national competition in October. The national competition also brings the chance to win academic scholarships.

"If I can change one person's mind that you don't have to have long blonde hair and beautiful eyes and have a perfect figure to be beautiful, then I personally feel like I've won," she said.

While Mattie might not have worn the traditional beauty queen outfit, she's radiant inside and out: she just graduated high school as her class's valedictorian, where was active on her school's forensics team, and her smile slays.

As Mattie's big beauty queen win proves, don't be afraid to be different. Embracing the qualities that make you unique might be scary at first, but can take you far... and yes, even win you a pretty killer tiara and sash.

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