Miss America 2024

Miss America 2024
Madison Marsh
DateJanuary 14, 2024
VenueWalt Disney Theater, Orlando, Florida
BroadcasterMiss America Website
Entrants51
Placements11
WinnerMadison Marsh
Colorado
CongenialityCydney Bridges
Indiana
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Miss America 2024 was the 96th Miss America pageant, held at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando, Florida, alongside the Miss America's Teen 2024 competition, on January 14, 2024.[1]

Grace Stanke of Wisconsin crowned her successor Madison Marsh of Colorado at the end of the event.

Background

Miss America 2024 was the 96th installment of the pageant, but the 102nd Miss America anniversary. For the 2024 competition, the age limits to compete were raised to between 18 and 28.[2] Contestants must also be a United States resident or citizen, and meet the particular residency requirements of the states, municipalities, and districts they represent.[3]

As part of changes made at the Miss America Scholarship Program by new CEO Robin Fleming in 2023, all state competitions and the Miss America Competition held a fitness competition segment,[2] and contestants were allowed to choose between competing in the talent competition or a speech competition called "HER Story."[4] The talent competition had previously been required since 1938.[5] The 2024 competition was the first Miss America competition since 2018 where contestants competed in a fitness category.[6]

U.S. state contests occurred during the spring and summer of 2023.

Results

Placements

Placement Contestant
Miss America 2024
1st Runner-Up
  • Texas – Ellie Breaux
2nd Runner-Up
  • Indiana – Cydney Bridges
3rd Runner-Up
  • Kentucky – Mallory Hudson
4th Runner-Up
  • Rhode Island – Caroline Parente
Top 11
  • Arkansas – Cori Keller
  • Florida – Juliette Valle
  • Kansas – Courtney Wages
  • Maryland – Kennedy Taylor
  • New York – Amelia Collins
  • North Carolina – Taylor Loyd

Preliminary awards

Award Contestant
Evening Gown[7]
Fitness[7]
Talent[8]

Contestants

51 contestants competed for the title.

State Name Age[a] Hometown Talent or HERstory Community Service Initiative (CSI) Placement Special awards Notes
Alabama Brianna Burrell[9] 25 Mobile Vocal SAVE-A-STEM Preliminary Evening Gown
Alaska Hannah Utic 21 Anchorage Piano/Vocal Civic Involvement Through Informed Voting
Arizona Tiffany Ticlo 21 Chandler Vocal STEAM Education: Bringing Science and the Arts to All Students Sister of Miss Arizona 2018 and Miss Arizona USA 2022, Isabel Ticlo[citation needed]
Arkansas Cori Keller[10] 25 Stuttgart Tap Dance Feeding the Future: Collaborative Solutions to Hunger Top 11
California Sabrina Lewis 26 Berkeley HERstory Equine Therapy: Healing Hearts with Horses Previously Miss California USA 2021[citation needed]
Colorado Madison Marsh[11] 22 Colorado Springs HERstory The Whitney Marsh Foundation - Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer Winner Graduate of the United States Air Force Academy[citation needed]

First active-duty officer and graduate of a military service academy to compete at Miss America[citation needed]

Cousin of Miss Arkansas Teen USA 2021 and Miss Arkansas USA 2024 Madeline Bohlman[citation needed]
Connecticut Gina Carloto 28 New Haven Dance The Grace Collective
Delaware Emily Beale 27 Dagsboro Tap Dance Protect, Preserve, Conserve: Environmental Advocacy
District of Columbia Jude Maboné 27 Washington, D.C. Operatic Vocal Check Your Heart
Florida Juliette Valle 22 Fort Lauderdale Operatic Vocal The Power of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention Top 11
Georgia Tara Schiphof 25 King Lyrical Dance #YesYouCan
Hawaii Star Dahl-Thurston[12] 25 Honolulu Slam Poetry Kahua Kollective
Idaho Reagan Yamauchi 22 Soda Springs Piano Motivated 2 Move First contestant to perform a basketball routine on stage[citation needed]
Illinois Jessica Tilton[13] 25 Washington Color Guard Donate Life - Advocating for Organ Donation Charles and Theresa Brown Scholarship Recipient First woman to compete a flag color guard performance as a talent at Miss America[citation needed]
Indiana Cydney Bridges 22 Fort Wayne Vocal The Power of Mentoring Second Runner-up Miss Congeniality
Iowa Alysa Goethe 23 Bettendorf Vocal Not Your Type: Advocating for Type 1 Diabetes
Kansas Courtney Wages[14] 25 Wichita Tap Dance One Vision is Not the Only Vision Top 11
Kentucky Mallory Hudson 22 Bowling Green Vocal Inclusive Stages Third Runner-up
Louisiana Makenzie Scroggs[15] 20 Marksville Dance Being True to Being You
Maine Veronica Druchniak 27 Standish Dance Make a Small Change Preliminary Talent Award
Maryland Kennedy Taylor 26 Silver Spring Salsa Dance CyberSafeKids Top 11 Preliminary Evening Gown; Preliminary Fitness Top 10 at Miss America's Outstanding Teen[16]
Massachusetts Chelsea Vuong 25 Cambridge Piano Dollars and "Sense" for Financial Freedom
Michigan Maya Schuhknecht[17] 21 Buchanan Speed Painting Art for All Preliminary Talent
Minnesota Angelina Amerigo 22 Mound Dance One Bottle, One Straw, One Bag at a Time
Mississippi Vivian O'Neal[18] 25 Hattiesburg Dance CapABLE Preliminary Fitness
Missouri Hayley Leach[19] 25 St.Louis HERstory Autism Awareness and Acceptance-See the Able, not the Label.
Montana Faith Johnson 23 Helena Vocal Connecting Hearts Through the Arts Previously Miss Montana's Outstanding Teen 2016[20]
Nebraska Morgan Baird[21] 21 Gering Contemporary Dance Rock the Vote: Building the Political Power of Young People
Nevada Taylor Blatchford 24 Boulder City Violin Text 2 Regret Previously Distinguished Young Woman of Nevada 2018[citation needed]
New Hampshire Brooke Mills[22] 24 Concord Vocal Lessen the Impact: Concussion Awareness Daughter of Miss New Hampshire 1995[23]
New Jersey Victoria Mozitis 22 Northfield Musical Theater Vocal Literacy Enhancement
New Mexico Lianna Hartshorn 19 Las Cruces Vocal How to Start a Healthy Heart-The Miss Initiative
New York Amelia Collins[24] 21 Manhattan Dance POW-HER: Promoting Women's Healthcare as an Entitled Right Top 11 Former Miss Tennessee Volunteer
3rd runner-up at Miss Volunteer America 2022[citation needed]
North Carolina Taylor Loyd 22 Mooresville Operatic Vocal The Arts Connection Top 11 Preliminary Talent
North Dakota Sydney Helgeson[25] 22 Bismarck Vocal Live United: Building Stronger Communities Together Previously Miss North Dakota's Outstanding Teen 2017[26]
Ohio Madison Miller[27] 23 Coshocton Piano The Veteran Narrative
Oklahoma Sunny Day[28] 28 Norman Vocal "My Man" Ready S.E.T. Go: Skills Beyond the Classroom
Oregon Allison Burke 27 Tigard Violin Food Security for All
Pennsylvania Miranda Moore 24 Harrisburg Clarinet Take Action in Fashion
Rhode Island Caroline Parente 21 South Kingstown Vocal InvestHer: Igniting the Power of the Female Entrepreneur Fourth Runner-up Previously Miss Rhode Island's Outstanding Teen 2019[29]
South Carolina Jada Samuel[30] 26 Greenville HERstory iShapeMe Inc.
South Dakota Miranda Orth O'Bryan 25 Martin Vocal Page Turners: Fall in Love with Reading
Tennessee Brandee Mills 25 Nashville Dance Unashamed — Living Mindfully of Mental Health Preliminary Fitness
Texas Ellie Breaux 22 Houston Rhythmic Gymnastics/Dance Cops in the Communities First Runner-up Preliminary Evening Gown
Utah Sarah Sun 22 Salt Lake City Classical Piano Changed for Good: Reducing Recidivism, Strengthening Communities Previously Distinguished Young Woman of Utah 2019[citation needed]
Second runner-up at Distinguished Young Women Nationals Competition[citation needed]
Vermont Yamuna Turco 20 Colchester Vocal One Book, One Child
Virginia Katie Rose[31] 27 Martinsburg Ballet en Pointe Ending Domestic Violence by Empowering Women and Enabling Reform
Washington Vanessa Munson[32] 21 Battle Ground Jazz Dance Beauty and Beyond: What is your Beautiful? Serves Active Duty in the United States Army[citation needed]
West Virginia Karrington Childress 21 Charles Town HERstory Readers are Leaders
Wisconsin Lila Hui Szyryj 22 Madison Classical piano, "Revolutionary Etude" by Frederic Chopin Breaking Down Breaking News Fifth Asian-American and first Chinese-American to win Miss Wisconsin[citation needed]
Wyoming Mackenzie Kern 23 Casper HERstory Former Miss Wyoming USA 2021[citation needed] and Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2018[citation needed]

Notes

  1. ^ Ages at the time of state crowning

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