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The Miss Virginia competition is a scholarship pageant for women, with the titleholder representing Virginia in the Miss America pageant. The competition was founded in 1953 as a scholarship contest for young women, although women had represented Virginia in the Miss America pageant since the 1930s.
Miss Virginia was the first narrative production of the Moving Picture Institute, [8] and one of several MPI films that push for school choice programs. [9] MPI has received support from school choice supporter and Republican political donor Rebekah Mercer, who was also previously on its board. [10]
Camille Thomasina Schrier (/ ˈ ʃ r aɪər /; born June 30, 1995) is an American pageant titleholder. [2] On June 22, 2019, she was crowned Miss Virginia 2019. [3] On December 19, 2019, she was crowned Miss America 2020 in Uncasville, Connecticut.
The Miss Virginia USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Virginia in the Miss USA pageant. Virginia has been only moderately successful in terms of number of semi-finalists.
Caressa Venal Cameron-Jackson (born August 4, 1987) is an American beauty pageant titleholder and occasional singer who was Miss Virginia 2009 and Miss America 2010.She is the eighth African American Miss America titleholder, the first Black Miss Virginia to be crowned Miss America.
Women who have been crowned Miss Virginia either by winning the state pageant or title succession when the previous titleholder was elevated to Miss America or resigned. Pages in category "Miss Virginia winners"
Bream is the daughter of Linda (née Evans) and Law Enforcement Officer Clarence Edward DePuy Jr. [7] She attended Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia [8] and, while there, won the pageant title Miss Virginia in 1990.
Courtney Paige Garrett (born August 14, 1992) is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Pamplin City, Virginia, who was chosen as Miss Virginia's Outstanding Teen 2009 and crowned Miss Virginia 2014. She competed for the Miss America 2015 title in September 2014 and was named first runner-up.