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Same-sex couple wins high school contest in landslide

Two young women have been named best couple attheir Bronx high school.

Seniors Vikky Cruz and Deoine Scott beat out two opposite-sexcouples for the honor at Mott Haven Village Preparatory HighSchool.

Cruz, who's 17, says she was scared at first to enter thecontest because she wasn't sure how people would react. At the lastminute, she scratched out "boy" and wrote in "girl" on theballot....

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