16-year-old is first African-American to win Miss Illinois Teen USA in 34-year history

Sydni Dion Bennett didn't aspire to be anyone else when she was a little girl. A 10-year-and-counting ballerina, her friends would often liken her to Misty Copeland. She didn't want to hear that. She lives by the mantra "Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken." "It's easier," she says. The...