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Photos: Alaska State Powerlifting Championships

Seventeen-year-old Kelsey Booth of Kenai is 5-foot-2, 112 pounds and, as of Saturday afternoon, the strongest girl in America.

Booth muscled her way into the U.S. powerlifting record book with an effort at the Alaska state championships that was the perfect combination of brute and cute.

Booth's record-setting lift began with a ponytail flip as she ducked her head under the weight bar to position herself under nearly 194 pounds. It continued with a scream as she powered from the squat position back to a standing position, and it ended with a beaming smile.

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