Julia Anderson, 23, a pageant queen and magician's assistant from Dallas won the top prize on "True Beauty" Monday.
To do so, the last female standing among the original 10 candidates had to beat the two maile finalists -- Joel Rush, 26, an overly confident software salesman from Tampa, who came in second; and Billy Jeffrey, the oldest one in the competition at 31 and a vitamin store owner from Lewiston, Idaho, who came in third.
Anderson will get a $100,000 cash prize, her photo in People magazine's "Most beautiful people" issue, and the title of "America's Most Beautiful Person," whatever that's worth.
The title combines both the outer and inner beauty of a contestant, and the latter part was the secret kept from the models, who by and large were narcissistic and callous and had been eliminated by the judges that included Cheryl Tiegs and Nole Marin along with host Vanessa Minnillo.
Anderson was the only person who passed all of the qualities that secret cameras watched for throughout the show: Honesty, charity, compassion, consideration for others, teamwork decency, loyalty and modesty.
Earlier in the finale, Anderson told tearfully about losing a statewide pageant crown in Texas over a drunk driving incident. After winning, she said, " This is definitely the second chance that I've always wanted. And I finally found true beauty. I did it. I found myself, I won the competition, and I feel like a winner in every way possible, honestly."
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