NEW YORK (WTVD) -- Goodbye beauty, hello brains - the Miss America pageant is getting a makeover. Miss America has decided to cut its swimsuit competition, adding that it will no longer judge ...

North Carolina's Sophia Kellstrom heads to Florida Sept. 2-7 to represent the Tar Heel State at the Miss America 2026 competition in Orlando. Kellstrom won the Miss North Carolina pageant in June, ...

UHRICHSVILLE — Olivia Fosson, Miss Ohio 2025 and Miss Clayland 2025, is preparing to compete in the Miss America competition in September. Fosson is scheduled to participate in a private interview ...

Tickets for Miss America 2026 went on sale Aug. 8, marking the countdown to the pageant, now less than a month away. In previous years, candidates had six months to prep between Miss Florida and Miss ...

GEORGIA (WRBL) — Audrey Kittila, Miss Georgia 2025, represented the state in the Miss America competition in Orlando, Florida. Although Cassie Donegan, Miss New York 2025, was crowned Miss America ...

Xanthi Russell, 23, of Durham (left), and Megan Plaza, 16, of Londonderry, will be travelling to Orlando, Fla. to compete for the titles of Miss America and Miss America Teen. Courtesy photo ...

A new winner of Miss America’s Teen — a national competition that’s part of the Miss America organization — will be crowned on Saturday in Florida. Addison Shoemaker of Vestavia Hills, Miss Alabama’s ...

This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by dialing 988. Alexia Rodrigues is trading in her ...

Emma Terry dazzles. She’s wearing a sleek velvet gown adorned with crystals — sparkling little stones that catch the light and grab your attention on a late summer afternoon. Terry, Miss Alabama 2025, ...

The time when the Miss America pageant meant young women in bikinis and high heels is over. Miss America Board chairwoman Gretchen Carlson, a former pageant winner herself, made the announcement on ...

LAS VEGAS — Miss California Dustin-Leigh Konzelman and Miss District of Columbia Shannon Schambeau were the winners as preliminary competition wrapped up in the Miss America Pageant. The televised ...