Miss America

Miss America

Formed

Sep 8, 1921

Current Titleholder

Camille Schrier

Predecessor

Nia Franklin

Miss America

About

Annual beauty pageant open to women from the United States between the age of 17 and 25. It originated as a "bathing beauty revue" before expanding to include talent performances and interviews.

Trivia

Margaret Gorman was the very first winner of the crown. The pageant is held each year in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It is not to be confused with Miss USA.

#2 beauty pageant

Miss America Winners

Vanessa Williams

Vanessa Williams, 60

1984, New York

1

Betty Cantrell

Betty Cantrell, 29

2016, Georgia

2

Gretchen Carlson

Gretchen Carlson, 57

1989, Minnesota

3

Savvy Shields

Savvy Shields, 28

2017, Arkansas

4

Nicole Johnson

Nicole Johnson, 49

1999, Virginia

5

Debbye Turner

Debbye Turner, 58

1990, Missouri

6

Kimberly Aiken

Kimberly Aiken, 48

1994, South Carolina

7

Heather Whitestone

Heather Whitestone, 50

1995, Alabama

8

Cara Mund

Cara Mund, 29

2018, North Dakota

9

Angela Perez Baraquio

Angela Perez Baraquio, 48

2001, Hawaii

10

Nia Franklin

Nia Franklin, 30

2019, New York

11

Mallory Hagan

Mallory Hagan, 35

2013, New York

12

Kira Kazantsev

Kira Kazantsev, 32

2015, New York

13

Kate Shindle

Kate Shindle, 46

1998, Illinois

14

Ericka Dunlap

Ericka Dunlap, 41

2004, Florida

15

Nina Davuluri

Nina Davuluri, 34

2014, New York

16

Teresa Scanlan

Teresa Scanlan, 30

2011, Nebraska

17

Phyllis George

Phyllis George (1949-2020)

1971, Texas

18

Lauren Nelson

Lauren Nelson, 37

2007, Oklahoma

19

Katie Stam

Katie Stam, 37

2009, Indiana

20

Kirsten Haglund

Kirsten Haglund, 35

2008, Michigan

21

Camille Schrier

Camille Schrier, 28

2020, Virginia

22

Suzette Charles

Suzette Charles, 60

1984, New Jersey

23

Deidre Downs

Deidre Downs, 43

2005, Alabama

24

Laura Kaeppeler

Laura Kaeppeler, 35

2012, Wisconsin

25

Katie Harman

Katie Harman, 43

2002, Oregon

26

Jennifer Berry

Jennifer Berry, 40

2006, Oklahoma

27

Kaye Lani Rafko

Kaye Lani Rafko, 60

1988, Michigan

28

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