• Thumbnail for Miss America 2005
    Miss America 2005, the 78th Miss America pageant, was held in Atlantic City on Saturday, September 18, 2004, following a week of events including the preliminary...
    15 KB (410 words) - 17:27, 14 January 2024
  • Miss America is an annual competition that is open to women from the United States between the ages of 18 and 28. Originating in 1921 as a "bathing beauty...
    96 KB (8,911 words) - 02:56, 29 April 2024
  • Alabama has won three Miss America titles: Deidre Downs in 2005, Heather Whitestone (the first deaf woman to win the Miss America crown) in 1995, and Yolande...
    51 KB (2,038 words) - 08:52, 16 January 2024
  • Delander, Miss America 1927 Jean Bartel, Miss America 1943 Bess Myerson, Miss America 1945 Marilyn Buferd, Miss America 1946 Jacque Mercer, Miss America 1949...
    75 KB (2,325 words) - 02:00, 2 June 2024
  • Miss America 2011 was the 84th Miss America pageant. Since the first Miss America pageant was held 103 years ago, in 1921, the Miss America Organization...
    21 KB (366 words) - 22:32, 29 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Miss Universe 2005
    Miss Universe 2005 was the 54th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Impact Arena in Nonthaburi Province, Bangkok Metropolitan Region, Thailand on 31 May...
    53 KB (2,917 words) - 13:36, 8 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Deidre Downs
    Deidre Downs (category Miss America 2005 delegates)
    1980) is an American physician and former beauty pageant titleholder. Downs was Miss Alabama 2004 and later was crowned Miss America 2005. After graduating...
    14 KB (1,133 words) - 20:23, 28 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Miss Gay America
    Miss Gay America is a national pageant for female impersonators. Established in 1972, the pageant is based on the Miss America contest and follows a similar...
    28 KB (1,737 words) - 09:09, 10 June 2024
  • Miss World 2005, the 55th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 10 December 2005 at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China. María Julia...
    17 KB (554 words) - 07:52, 24 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Miss Maryland
    The Miss Maryland competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Maryland in the Miss America pageant. Kennedy Taylor was...
    35 KB (968 words) - 13:29, 11 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Vanessa Williams and Miss America
    African American winner of the Miss America title when she was crowned Miss America 1984 in September 1983. Several weeks before the end of her reign, however...
    31 KB (3,630 words) - 20:24, 15 January 2023
  • 2002) - Miss Colorado Teen USA 2004 Christina Ellington (Connecticut - 2001 & 1st RU at Nationals) - Miss New York 2004 & Top 10 at Miss America 2005 Candace...
    5 KB (355 words) - 10:10, 30 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Mrs. America (contest)
    Hughes-Singleton - Miss South Carolina 1996 Mrs. California 2005 & Mrs. America 2006 - Andrea (Ballengee) Preuss - Miss Virginia Teen USA 1992 - Miss Virginia 1995...
    26 KB (2,204 words) - 12:42, 26 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Heather Burns
    Heather Burns (category American film actresses)
    Burns is an American actress, known for her role as Miss Rhode Island Cheryl Frasier in the 2000 film Miss Congeniality and its 2005 sequel, Miss Congeniality...
    6 KB (237 words) - 23:01, 28 April 2024
  • were former teens. Only four Miss Maryland USA has competed at Miss America. From 2006 to 2008, each woman who won Miss Maryland USA was the previous...
    15 KB (468 words) - 03:59, 2 June 2024
  • The Miss America protest was a demonstration held at the Miss America 1969 contest on September 7, 1968, attended by about 200 feminists and civil rights...
    31 KB (3,502 words) - 18:47, 20 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Miss America 2014
    Miss America 2014, the 87th Miss America pageant was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey Sunday, September 15, 2013. Miss America...
    52 KB (2,537 words) - 15:53, 14 April 2024
  • USA 2004 Shelley Hennig, Miss Teen USA 2015 Katherine Haik, and Jennifer Dupont, who placed first runner-up at Miss America 2005. Landry and Hennig have...
    11 KB (449 words) - 00:59, 3 April 2024
  • Miss America's Teen is an American scholarship pageant. It is the sister program to the Miss America Opportunity, and it aims to "promote scholastic achievement...
    22 KB (883 words) - 12:41, 2 June 2024
  • Glakas, Miss Virginia 2005, is one of only seven women who have competed in the Miss America, Miss Teen USA, and Miss USA competitions. She was Miss Virginia...
    43 KB (1,587 words) - 22:50, 30 May 2024
  • Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (also known as simply Miss Congeniality 2) is a 2005 American female buddy action comedy film and sequel to the...
    15 KB (1,555 words) - 06:39, 6 April 2024
  • Miss America 1998, the 71st Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday, September 13, 1997 and was televised...
    16 KB (135 words) - 20:51, 9 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Nicole Johnson (Miss America)
    American beauty queen, author, public health professional and activist. Crowned Miss America 1999 and Miss Virginia 1998, she became the first Miss America...
    10 KB (784 words) - 16:31, 17 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Nina Davuluri
    Nina Davuluri (category Miss America winners)
    an American public speaker, advocate, and beauty queen who hosts the reality show Made in America on Zee TV America from Manhattan. As Miss America 2014...
    72 KB (5,211 words) - 23:56, 5 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Miss América Latina
    Miss América Latina or Miss América Latina del Mundo, known in English as Miss Latin America or Miss Latin America of the World, is an international beauty...
    8 KB (355 words) - 10:18, 20 January 2024
  • The Miss California competition selects the representative for the state of California in the Miss America competition. The pageant began in Santa Cruz...
    44 KB (1,451 words) - 03:05, 5 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Miss Black America (band)
    'No Name' scene. They released two albums: God Bless Miss Black America (2002) and Terminal (2005), and recorded four Peel Sessions before splitting in...
    6 KB (680 words) - 09:26, 9 September 2023
  • Miss America 1951, the 24th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 9, 1950. Based on the majority...
    13 KB (224 words) - 17:00, 7 January 2024
  • Organization. Along with Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Earth, it is one of the Big Four beauty pageants. The Miss Universe Organization and...
    66 KB (5,379 words) - 14:19, 20 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Miss Georgia (U.S. state)
    The Miss Georgia competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Georgia in the Miss America pageant. Georgia has won the Miss...
    42 KB (1,419 words) - 03:16, 5 June 2024