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Miss America is an annual competition open to women from the United States between the ages of 18 and 28. Originating in 1921 as a beauty pageant , the competition now judges competitors' talent performances and interviews in addition to their physical appearance.
The 2025 Miss America pageant will take place in Orlando on January 5. This year's contestants include a national figure skater and a trauma nurse. Meet the 52 women competing to be Miss America 2025
Miss America is an annual competition that is open to women from the United States between the ages of 18 and 28. [1] Originating in 1921 as a "bathing beauty revue", [2] the contest is judged on competition segments with scoring percentages: Private Interview (30%) – a 10-minute press conference-style interview with a panel of judges, On Stage Question (10%) – answering a judge's question ...
Miss America 2024 was the 96th installment of the pageant, but the 102nd Miss America anniversary. For the 2024 competition, the age limits to compete were raised to between 18 and 28. [ 2 ] Contestants must also be a United States resident or citizen, and meet the particular residency requirements of the states, municipalities, and districts ...
In response to the controversy, the Miss America Organization gave Williams 72 hours to resign from her position. In that time, Williams publicly experienced a full gamut of emotions.
Miss America 1984, the 57th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 17, 1983, on NBC Network. Miss America 1983, Debra Maffett ( Miss California 1982) crowned her successor, Miss New York 1983, Vanessa Williams of Millwood, New York at the end of the nationally televised event.
Miss America 2025 Abbie Stockard, a 22-year-old college student, supports the pageant's age limit. Contestants must be between the ages of 18 and 28.
Photographs taken at the MISS AMERICA U.S.O. SHOW to Vietnam in 1971; It Happened Here in New Jersey Archived 2017-04-29 at the Wayback Machine - Contains photograph of Cheryl Browne in the preliminaries prior to the Miss America 1971 pageant on September 8, 1970.