Miss America

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Miss America 2013 Mallory Hagan recalls being ridiculed publicly: ‘There is no shame in loving yourself’

The Miss America organization is teaming up with Mallory Hagan, who was named Miss America in 2013, as well as Jonathan Bailor and SANESolution to launch a wellness program for all of its candidates.

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Miss Nevada USA crowns first-ever transgender woman in pageant history: 'My win is our win'

On Sunday, Kataluna Enriquez, 27, bested 21 other contestants to win the crown which was held at the South Point Hotel Casino & Spa in Las Vegas. In addition, she will be the first openly transgender woman to compete for the title of Miss USA.

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‘Gilligan’s Island’ star Dawn Wells reveals what she’s grateful for in 2020: ‘This is the country I love’

“Gilligan’s Island” star Dawn Wells has plenty of reasons to be thankful in 2020.

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Miss USA 2020 Asya Branch says her Christian faith helped overcome tough times: 'I really relied on my values'

The competition aired on Nov. 9 after being postponed months from its original spring date due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Miss USA 2020 Asya Branch addresses backlash for meeting Trump, singing national anthem at rally

The 22-year-old model and beauty company owner has been raising awareness on criminal justice and prison reform long before she won the crown on Monday at Elvis Presley’s Graceland.

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Miss USA 2020 crowns Mississippi's Asya Branch, 22, as winner

A 22-year-old woman from Mississippi was crowned the winner of Miss USA's 2020 pageant.

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Former Miss America Leanza Cornett’s pal says 'we all believed she would beat this' before tragic death

The pageant star, who won the title of Miss America in 1993, passed away at age 49.

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Former Miss America Leanza Cornett dead at 49

Former Miss America Leanza Cornett has died at the age of 49. She won the national crown in 1993.

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2020 ‘Miss USA,’ ‘Teen USA’ to air from Elvis Presley’s Graceland with COVID-19 protocols

The 2020 “Miss USA” and “Miss Teen USA” pageant competitions will go on and will be held live from Graceland, Fox News has learned.

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Miss America 2020 Camille Schrier calls focus on science instead of swimsuits ‘freeing’

In late 2019, Camille Schrier stunned the world when she won the crown for Miss America just minutes after giving a colorful chemistry demonstration in a lab coat.

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Miss America 2020 Camille Schrier to make history with two-year reign due to coronavirus pandemic

Miss America 2020 Camille Schrier is set to make history once again.

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Phyllis George, former Miss America, later a co-host of 'NFL Today,' dead at 70

Phyllis George, the former Miss America who became a female sportscasting pioneer on CBS's “The NFL Today” and served as the first lady of Kentucky, has died. She was 70.

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Former Miss Hawaii tests positive for coronavirus, pleads with state to ‘shelter in place’

Former Miss Hawaii Jeanné Kapela is pleading with decision-makers in her native state to order people to “shelter-in-place” and to shut down schools and businesses indefinitely in order to protect its residents against the spread of coronavirus after she tested positive.

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Miss America 2020 goes to Virginia biochemist Camille Schrier after on-stage science experiment

Biochemist Camille Schrier took home the Miss America 2020 crown on Thursday night after stunning the audience with an on-stage science experiment.

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Miss America 2016 Betty Maxwell says she met her husband on Tinder: ‘God has a plan’

Miss Georgia Betty Maxwell became a celebrity overnight when she was crowned Miss America in 2015.

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Miss America pageant leaving Atlantic City for Connecticut

There she is. Here she isn't.

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Newly crowned Miss Texas 2019 is 'floored' by pageant win -- and so is her mom

How did Chandler Foreman, 22, take the news last week that she was the new Miss Texas 2019? She was literally floored.

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Gretchen Carlson resigns as Miss America board chair

Gretchen Carlson, a journalist and 1989 Miss America, resigned as board chair of the Miss America Organization on Wednesday.

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Miss New Mexico pageant investigated after contestants didn't get their scholarship money

The former executive director of the Miss New Mexico pageant is reportedly under investigation by the state’s Attorney General’s Office after several former contestants were not given their promised scholarship money.

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Miss America Organization terminates licenses of states that oppose new leadership

The Miss America Organization has faced backlash from multiple states opposing leadership changes that placed former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson at the helm of the national pageant.

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Miss America pageant sees large decline in ratings after dropping swimsuit competition

The Miss America ceremony subtracted the swimsuit competition for the first time in its 98-year history, and subtracted one million television viewers, too.

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New Miss America is glad she didn't have to wear swimsuit to win

The first woman to win the Miss America crown without having to don a swimsuit says she's glad she didn't have to.

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Miss America contestant: Trump 'caused a lot of division'

A contestant in the Miss America pageant says President Trump "has caused a lot of division" in the nation.

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Miss America swimsuit competition 'behind us,' contestants say at prelims

The second night of preliminaries in the revamped, swimsuit-less Miss America competition was held Wednesday, with contestants in Atlantic City, N.J., saying the 98-year tradition was "behind us."

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Miss America pageant winners demand leaders resign amid bullying accusations

Nineteen former Miss Americas are now calling on leaders of the organization to step down amid allegations from reigning champion Cara Mund that she was subject to bullying.

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Massachusetts beauty queen steps down from pageant after #MeToo joke

A Massachusetts beauty pageant winner gave up her crown Saturday after a host made a joke about the #MeToo movement.

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Miss America board, led by Gretchen Carlson, facing revolt by state pageant officials

A recent petition calling for the resignations of the new Miss America board, including Chairwoman Gretchen Carlson, has been met with a letter of support for the board from 30 former Miss Americas, reports said Saturday.

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Miss America organization raising maximum age of competitors to 25

The Miss America organization is raising the maximum age of contestants from 24 to 25.

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Mocked ex-Miss America calls board offer 'laughable'

The Miss America Organization said Wednesday the group is enlisting former title winners and state directors to help determine the future of the pageant’s leadership structure.

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Former Miss America Mallory Hagan on email controversy: 'Now we have an open door'

A former Miss America winner is speaking out about the current scandal happening in the pageant organization as well as what she hopes it will mean for the future of the show.

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Miss America CEO Sam Haskell suspended over crude emails

The Miss America Organization suspended CEO Sam Haskell indefinitely Friday, one day after leaked emails showed him and others disparaging the appearance, intellect and sex lives of former Miss Americas.