This article is about the state pageant affiliated with Miss America. For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Texas USA. For the state pageant affiliated with Miss World America, see Miss Texas World.
For the professional wrestler known at one time as "Miss Texas", see Jacqueline Moore.
Beauty pageant competition
Miss Texas
Formation
1923
Type
Beauty pageant
Headquarters
Richardson
Location
Texas
Membership
Miss America
Official language
English
Website
www.misstexas.org
The Miss Texas competition was founded in 1937 as a scholarship contest for young women. The winner represents Texas in the Miss America pageant; three winners have gone on to be crowned Miss America (but none since 1975).
To become Miss Texas, a contestant must first win a local competition. A young woman may compete at the local and state level more than once, but may only compete in the national Miss America competition one time. Hundreds of women participate each year in the local pageants, culminating in the selection of local finalists who compete for the Miss Texas title each July. The state pageant was held in Fort Worth for 36 years before relocating to the University of Texas at Arlington's Texas Hall in 2009. In 2012, the pageant moved to the Allen Event Center in suburban Collin County.[1] In 2014 the Miss Texas pageant began being held at the Eisemann Center for Performing Arts in Richardson, Texas.[2]
In 2010, Miss Texas celebrated its 75th anniversary, and Randy Pruett wrote a book, A Dream as Big as Texas, to document the stories of the 75 women that were crowned Miss Texas.[3]
Ellie Breaux of Houston was crowned Miss Texas 2023 on July 1, 2023 at Eisemann Center in Richardson, Texas. She competed for the title of Miss America 2024 at the Walt Disney Theater in Orlando, Florida on January 14, 2024, and placed 1st Runner Up.
^Walker, Patrick M. (June 26, 2012). "Miss Texas will don crown in Allen instead of Arlington". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, TX. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
^"Miss Texas Pageant To Move to The Eisemann Center". Focus Daily News. DeSoto, TX. July 1, 2014. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
^Lee, Jordan (June 29, 2012). "Miss Texas Turns 75". KXAS-TV. Fort Worth, TX. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
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