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Miss America 2017
Date
September 11, 2016 (2016-09-11)
Presenters
Chris Harrison Sage Steele
Venue
Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Broadcaster
ABC
Winner
Savvy Shields[1][2] Arkansas
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Miss America 2017, the 90th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on Sunday, September 11, 2016.[3][4] The event was broadcast by ABC in the United States, the first in the network's newest agreement to carry the pageant until 2019, with Dick Clark Productions producing the ceremony.[5][6]
Betty Cantrell (Miss Georgia 2015) crowned her successor, Miss Arkansas 2016, Savvy Shields, at the end of the two-hour nationally televised event.[1]
^ ab"Savvy Shields from Arkansas Crowned Miss America 2017". Archived from the original on February 15, 2019. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
^Cite error: The named reference ARWins was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Kuperinsky, Amy (March 24, 2016). "Miss America pageant will return to Atlantic City on Sept. 11". NJ.com. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
^"Here She Comes, Miss America 2017". Cape May County Herald. September 27, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
^"The 96th Miss America Competition to Air on Sunday, September 11th at 9:00 PM ET/PT on ABC" (Press release). Miss America Organization. March 24, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
^Kuperinsky, Amy (November 23, 2015). "Miss America pageant announces 3-year deal with ABC". NJ.com. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
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