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Miss America Award Winners
The most frequently presented Miss America awards are for preliminary talent and swimsuit. The talent award was introduced in 1936, and the swimsuit award in 1940. In the 2000s, preliminary awards for evening gown and interview were briefly introduced but were discontinued after two years as it was felt that they made the semi-finalists too predictable. Other awards include Miss Congeniality, given out in the early years of the pageant and re-introduced at Miss America 2006, and the Quality of Life Award for a contestant's platform, first awarded in 1989. Preliminary awards Preliminary on stage interview/Social Impact Pitch award Preliminary talent award Preliminary swimsuit award There have multiple instances of ties for this preliminary award. This occurred at Miss America pageants in 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1972, 1979, 1987, and 1993. This award was discontinued since the Miss America 2019 competition and was replaced with state titleholders participating in a live i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss America 2006
Miss America 2006, the 79th Miss America pageant, was held on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada on Saturday, January 21, 2006. The pageant was broadcast live on CMT from the Theatre for the Performing Arts at the Aladdin Resort and Casino, the first time that the pageant was held outside Atlantic City. The pageant was held four months later than usual. At the conclusion of the final night of competition, Deidre Downs, Miss America 2005, crowned Jennifer Berry of Oklahoma as her successor. This was the first time since 2001 that the pageant winner was not a vocalist; Berry was also the first titleholder since to also win a preliminary talent award. Selection of contestants One delegate from each state was chosen in state pageants held in mid-2005. Prior to competing in state pageants, the majority of delegates first were required to win a local title. Each delegates title is pre-dated to 2005, for example Alexa Jones was ''Miss Alabama 2005'' rather than ''Miss Alaba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Pennsylvania
The Miss Pennsylvania competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Pennsylvania in the Miss America pageant. Pennsylvania, including early years' city representatives, has won the Miss America crown on five occasions. Originally held in Hershey, the pageant moved to West Chester where pageants were held during the 1950s. The pageant was held in Altoona from 1974. In 1994, Easton was chosen as the new venue of the pageant and the date was shifted from June to May. In November 2008, the pageant was moved to the Pittsburgh area. In 2019, the competition moved to York, Pennsylvania. In the fall of 2018, the Miss America Organization terminated the Miss Pennsylvania organization's license as well as licenses from Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, and West Virginia. Page Weinstein of Pittsburgh was crowned Miss Pennsylvania 2024 on June 15, 2024, at The Appell Center for Performing Arts in York. She will compete for the title of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Utah
The Miss Utah competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Utah in the Miss America competition. Two Miss Utah titleholders have won the Miss America pageant. Paris Matthews of Salt Lake City was crowned Miss Utah 2024 on June 15, 2024, at the Capitol Theatre in Salt Lake City, Utah. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2025. Gallery of past titleholders File:Jill Stevens.jpg, Jill Stevens,Miss Utah 2007 File:Whitney Merrifield.jpg, Whitney Merrifield,Miss Utah 2009 Results summary The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Utah titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title. Placements * Miss Americas: Colleen Kay Hutchins (1952), Sharlene Wells (1985) * 2nd runners-up: Muriel La Von Goodspeed (1938), Carolyn DeAnn Las ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Minnesota
The Miss Minnesota competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Minnesota in the Miss America pageant. Women from Minnesota have won the Miss America crown on three occasions. The most recent winner was Gretchen Carlson in 1989. Emily Schumacher of Mankato was crowned Miss Minnesota 2024 on June 21, 2024. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2025. Results summary The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Minnesota titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title. Placements * Miss America: BeBe Shopp (1948), Dorothy Benham (1977), Gretchen Carlson (1989) * 1st runners-up: Elaine Campbell (1947) * 2nd runners-up: N/A * 3rd runners-up: Lauren Susan Green (1985) * 4th runners-up: Arlene Anderson (1945), Nancee Parkinson (1962) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss America 2018
Miss America 2018, the 91st Miss America pageant, though the Miss America Organization celebrated its 97th anniversary in 2017. This discrepancy is due to no national pageants being held from 1928 to 1932 or in 1934 because of financial problems associated with the Great Depression. The 2018 pageant was held in Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Sunday, September 10, 2017. This was the first Miss America pageant to be held in Atlantic City since the Miss America Organization headquarters relocated to Boardwalk Hall. The event was broadcast by the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). On July 24, 2017, it was announced that Chris Harrison and Sage Steele would be returning to co-host the Miss America pageant for the second year in a row. Cara Mund of North Dakota became Miss America 2018 at the end of the event. Overview Judges Preliminary judges From September 6–8, 2017, judges for the preliminary competition selected the winners of the preliminary talent and li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Louisiana
The Miss Louisiana competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Louisiana in the Miss America pageant. Although no delegate from Louisiana has ever won the Miss America title, four have placed 1st runner-up. As of 2022, Louisiana is the lone member of the Confederacy during the Civil War which has not produced a Miss America. The pageant is held the last week of June at the W. L. Jack Howard Theatre, named for the late Mayor W. L. "Jack" Howard and located in downtown Monroe adjacent to the Civic Center. The 2018 pageant was the fifty-fifth to have been held in Monroe. Olivia Grace George of Ruston was crowned Miss Louisiana 2024 on June 15, 2024, at Jack Howard Theatre in Monroe. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2025. Results summary The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Louisiana titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Florida
The Miss Florida competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Florida in the Miss America pageant. Florida has twice won the Miss America crown. In the fall of 2018, the Miss America Organization terminated Miss Florida organization's license as well as licenses from Georgia, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and West Virginia. In December 2018, the Miss America Organization reinstated licensing for the Miss Florida Scholarship Pageant Inc., along with the organizations in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and West Virginia. Casana Fink of Ocala was crowned Miss Florida 2024 on June 29, 2024, at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland, Florida. She placed 3rd Runner-Up at Miss America 2025. Gallery of past titleholders File:Rosemary Carpenter.jpg, Rosemary Carpenter,Miss Florida 1948 File:AnndanielMissFlorida1954.jpg, Ann Gloria Daniel,Miss Florida 1954 File:Sherry Grimes.jpg, Sherry Grimes,Miss Florida 1961 File:Deltaburke2.jpg, Delta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camille Schrier
Camille Thomasina Schrier (; born June 30, 1995) is an American pageant titleholder. On June 22, 2019, she was crowned Miss Virginia 2019. On December 19, 2019, she was crowned Miss America 2020 in Uncasville, Connecticut. In May 2020, following the cancellation of the Miss America 2021 competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Miss America organization announced that Schrier would serve an additional year after her term as Miss America was due to expire in December 2020. Early life and education Schrier was born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania to Thomas and Cheryl (née Camillo) Schrier. She has one older sibling. As a child, Schrier was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. During the Miss America 2020 competition, Schrier also revealed that she was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder and recovered from an eating disorder as a teenager. Schrier graduated with honors from the Hun School of Princeton in 2013. During high school, Schrier was a multi-sport varsity ath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Illinois
The Miss Illinois is a pageant program affiliated with Miss America, which is competition for women models representing the state of Illinois. The first "Miss Illinois" sent to the national pageant was Lois Delander who subsequently won the Miss America title. Including Delander, five Miss Illinois representatives have won the Miss America title. Breana Bagley was crowned Miss Illinois 2024 on June 15, 2024, at the Marion Cultural Arts & Civic Center in Marion. She will represent Illinois and compete for the title of Miss America 2025. Results summary The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Illinois titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title. Awards received by contestants competing as Miss Chicago at the national pageant are denoted with a "*". Placements * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss New York
The Miss New York scholarship competition selects the representative for the state of New York in the Miss America scholarship competition. In the fall of 2018, the Miss America Organization terminated the Miss New York organization's license as well as licenses from Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and West Virginia. In March 2019, the license was awarded to Sloane Lewis and Jamie Hickman, along with a board of directors consisting of 13 members. Abigail Quammen of Manhattan was crowned Miss New York 2024 on July 6, 2024, at the Paramount Theatre in Peekskill, New York. She competed for the title of Miss America 2025. Gallery of titleholders Miss New York has won the Miss America crown seven times (and is the first state to produce winners three years in a row): * Bess Myerson (1945, first Jewish American Miss America, competed as Miss New York City) * Tawny Godin (1976) * Vanessa Williams (1984, first African American Miss America) * Mallory Hagan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Indiana
The Miss Indiana competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Indiana in the Miss America Pageant. Kalyn Melham of Muncie was crowned Miss Indiana 2024 on June 29, 2024, at STAR Bank Performing Arts Center in Zionsville. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2025. Gallery of past titleholders File:Nicole Rash parade.jpg, Nicole Rash,Miss Indiana 2007 File:Katie Stam cropped.png, Katie Stam,Miss Indiana 2008 and Miss America 2009 File:Megan Meadors.jpg, Megan Meadors,Miss Indiana 2008 File:Nicole Pollard.jpg, Nicole Pollard,Miss Indiana 2009 File:Gabrielle Reed.jpg, Gabrielle Reed,Miss Indiana 2010 Results summary The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Indiana titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title. Place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Maine
The Miss Maine competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Maine in the Miss America pageant. Maine has been represented in the pageant since 1937, although the state has never produced a winner. With Alaska became the latest state crowned the Miss America title, Maine is one of the few states along with South Dakota, West Virginia and Wyoming that has yet to win a Miss America, Miss USA, or Miss Teen USA title. Jennie Daley was crowned Miss Maine 2024 on June 30, 2024, at Freeport Performing Arts Center in Freeport. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2025. Results summary The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Maine titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title. Placements * 2nd runners-up: Karen Johanna Johnson (197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
