Not to be confused with Miss USA or Miss United States.
For the most recent competition, see Miss America 2024. For other uses, see Miss America (disambiguation).
Miss America
Type
Beauty pageant
Headquarters
Wellington, Florida
Country represented
United States
First edition
1921
Most recent edition
2024
Current titleholder
Madison Marsh Colorado
CEO
Robin Ross-Fleming
Language/s
English
Predecessor
The Fall Frolic (held in September 25, 1920; 103 years ago (1920-09-25) in Atlantic City, New Jersey)
Website
www.missamerica.org
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 onstage, Talent or HER Story (20%) – a performance talent or 90 second speech, Health and Fitness (20%) – demonstrated physical fitness onstage dressed in athletic wear, and Evening Gown (20%) – modeling evening-wear onstage.[3][4][5]
The previous year's titleholder crowns the winner. Miss America 2024 is Madison Marsh of Colorado, who was crowned on January 14, 2024. She will crown her successor at Miss America 2025.
^"Become a Participant". Retrieved June 12, 2023.
^Cite error: The named reference early was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Areas of Competition". Miss District of Columbia Scholarship Organization. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
^"Miss Delegates". Miss Vermont Scholarship Organization. July 29, 2016. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
^"Learn How to Become a Miss Contestant In the Miss Wisconsin Pageant". Miss Wisconsin. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
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