Miss America Pageant

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  This US Air Force Pilot Will Be 1st Officer To Compete For Miss America Crown

  Madison Marsh, who was crowned Miss Colorado last year, is now set to make history by becoming the first active-duty US Air Force officer to compete for the Miss America title, the New York Post reported.

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  Shree Saini Becomes First Indian-American To Be Crowned Miss World America

  The first Indian-American to win the crown of Miss World America 2021, Shree Saini of Washington State, is among the most unique pageant winners to be crowned.

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  'Bye Bye Bikinis': Miss America Drops Swimsuit Competition

  "We're changing out of our swimsuits and into a whole new era #byebyebikini," @MissAmericaOrg said in a tweet which featured a bikini vanishing in a puff of smoke.

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  Miss America Suspends CEO Over Misogynistic Emails

  The Miss America pageant suspended its CEO on Friday after dozens of former beauty queens demanded he step down over leaked internal emails that contained misogynistic, fat- and slut-shaming language.

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  Univision Breaks With Donald Trump Over Immigration Comments

  Univision, America's top Spanish-language TV network, severed its ties today with Donald Trump's Miss Universe Organization over the real estate mogul and now presidential hopeful's nasty comments about Mexican immigrants.

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  Miss America won't look the same anymore, she said before winning

  Miss America is evolving. And she's not going to look the same anymore."

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  Nina Davuluri, new Miss America, never forgot Indian roots

  City-based relatives of Nina Davuluri, who today became the first Indian-origin contestant to win the Miss America pageant, said the newly-crowned beauty queen had not forgotten her roots and still liked Indian films.

• In India, cheers for new Miss America Nina Davuluri

  The first Miss America pageant winner of Indian heritage was cheered by family members halfway around the world.

• Angry tweets question Nina Davuluri, Indian-origin winner of Miss America

  Nina Davuluri, 24, had this to say after winning the Miss America pageant held in Atlantic City on September 15, 2013: "I'm so happy this organization has embraced diversity. I'm thankful there are children watching at home who can finally relate to a new Miss America."

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  Angry tweets question Indian-origin winner of Miss America

  Moments after winning the 2014 Miss America crown, Nina Davuluri described how delighted she is that the nearly century-old pageant sees beauty and talent of all kinds.

• Brooklyn native Mallory Hagan wins Miss America crown

  Mallory Hagan won the Las Vegas beauty pageant Saturday night after tap dancing to James Brown's "Get Up Off of That Thing" and answering a question about whether armed guards belong in grade schools by saying we should not fight violence with violence.

• Miss America contestant pursuing double mastectomy

  Win or lose on Saturday, Miss America contestant Allyn Rose will have conveyed a message about breast cancer prevention using her primary tool as a beauty queen: her body.

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  Did China-Norway Nobel prize dispute affect Miss World?

  The 2010 Miss World contest has been dragged into a diplomatic row between China and Norway with claims that Miss Norway, a bookies' favourite to win the crown, was cheated out of the title by the pageant's Chinese hosts.

• Miss US crowned Miss World 2010

  Miss United States of America Alexandria Mills has been named winner of the 2010 Miss World pageant in Sanya, China.