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Ashton Campbell has been crowned Miss Arkansas.IMAGES: See photos of Campbell's big moment here. Campbell won the title Saturday night at the Miss Arkansas Scholarship Pageant in Hot Springs. The 20-year-old from Hindsville, who was competing for the first time in the pageant, said she did not expect to walk away with the crown.WATCH: Uncut video of Miss Arkansas being crownedCampbell won a $20,000 scholarship and more than $75,000 in awards, wardrobe, transportation and gifts. The 20-year-old University of Arkansas junior also will represent Arkansas at the 2015 Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City. Campbell says her platform focuses on higher education, including colleges, universities and vocational-technical training. She says she plans to promote higher education during her yearlong reign to help "break the cycle of disadvantage" in her home state. She says education is an effective way to end the prevalence of poverty.