Coming from a poor family in Whitehall, Stephanie Finoti had big dreams. Through sheer determination and dogged perseverance, ...

Miss New York Cassie Donegan won the Miss America pageant on September 7. Donegan, an actor and singer, told Business Insider she graduated debt-free because of the pageant. She won an additional ...

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 ...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Miss America may be leaving Atlantic City again. The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News and the Press of Atlantic City report the Miss America Organization is looking for ...

If Alabama’s Abbie Stockard gets hit with a wave of conflicting emotions on Sunday night, no one could really blame her. Joy. Excitement. Sorrow. A tinge of wistful regret. Stockard, Miss America 2025 ...

Miss Florida Paris Richardson and Miss Florida’s Teen Noelle Schnacky visited the Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department.

Williams was crowned Miss America 1984, but was forced to resign after scandal. — -- Vanessa Williams, the first African-American Miss America, will return to the Miss America pageant as a judge ...

Bill Alverson is one of the most sought after pageant coaches in the country. — -- Many Miss America contestants spend years preparing for that big moment when they get the chance to grace that ...

When I spoke with BeBe Shopp in August, she had one last dream: to return to the Miss America stage. Weeks later, at age 95, she did just that — walking out in Orlando with her daughter at her side, ...

This year, new age requirements have changed eligibility for Miss America hopefuls Tabitha Parent is a writer at PEOPLE covering entertainment and culture. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024.