Miss America Organization officials are hopeful Miss Rhode Island will be able to compete in Wednesday night's preliminary competition after she fainted on stage the previous night. Pageant officials are monitoring Ivy DePew's medical condition. DePew was treated and released from a hospital after she apparently fainted during an awards presentation Tuesday night, which was led by New Jersey Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno inside Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall. She was standing in the back row of contestants  when she collapsed. 'During the Tuesday night preliminary competition, Miss Rhode Island, Ivy DePew fainted on stage, and today, she is doing much better,' Sharon Pearce, president of the Miss America organization said in a statement sent to MailOnline Wednesday morning.
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Miss Rhode Island Ivy DePew collapsed onstage Tuesday evening
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DePew was standing in the back row of contestants at Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall when she collapsed during an awards presentation
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She had competed earlier in the evening in the pageant's swimsuit and evening gown competition
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DePew was treated and released from a hospital
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Pageant officials say it still hasn't been determined whether she will compete
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