Checking in with Miss New York

photo credit: Claire Buffie via Instagram

Miss New York: she’s just like us. Except that in addition to, you know, waiting for the F train and spending lazy Saturdays in Prospect Park, Mallory Hagan is touring the Empire State (she’s using her platform to raise awareness about child abuse) and prepping for the Miss America pageant (it’s in January).

The Brooklyn Paper checks in with our neighborhood pageant queen, who gets her noodles at Song, her coffee at Roots Cafe, and her inspiration from the borough itself.