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.
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. Contestants must also be a United States resident or citizen, and meet the particular residency requirements of the states, municipalities, and districts they represent.
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, and contestants were allowed to choose between competing in the talent competition or a speech competition called "HER Story." The talent competition had previously been required since 1938. The 2024 competition was the first Miss America competition since 2018 where contestants competed in a fitness category.
U.S. state contests occurred during the spring and summer of 2023.
Results
Placements Placement ContestantMiss America 2024 – Madison Marsh1st Runner-Up – Ellie Breaux 2nd Runner-Up – Cydney Bridges3rd Runner-Up – Mallory Hudson 4th Runner-Up – Caroline ParenteTop 11 – Cori Keller – Juliette Valle – Courtney Wages – Kennedy Taylor – Amelia Collins – Taylor Loyd
Preliminary awards Award Contestant Evening Gown Alabama – Brianna Burrell Maryland – Kennedy Taylor Texas – Ellie Breaux Fitness Maryland – Kennedy Taylor Mississippi – Vivian O'Neal Tennessee – Brandee Mills Talent Maine – Veronica Druchniak Michigan – Maya Schuhknecht North Carolina – Taylor Loyd
Contestants 51 contestants competed for the title. State Name Age Hometown Talent or HERstory Community Service Initiative (CSI) Placement Special awards NotesAlabamaBrianna Burrell25MobileVocalSAVE-A-STEMPreliminary Evening GownAlaskaHannah Utic21AnchoragePiano/VocalCivic Involvement Through Informed Voting Arizona Tiffany Ticlo21ChandlerVocal STEAM Education: Bringing Science and the Arts to All StudentsSister of Miss Arizona 2018 and Miss Arizona USA 2022, Isabel Ticlo Arkansas Cori Keller 25 Stuttgart Tap Dance Feeding the Future: Collaborative Solutions to Hunger Top 11 CaliforniaSabrina Lewis26Berkeley HERstory Equine Therapy: Healing Hearts with HorsesPreviously Miss California USA 2021 Colorado Madison Marsh 22 Colorado SpringsHERstoryThe Whitney Marsh Foundation - Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer WinnerGraduate of the United States Air Force AcademyFirst active-duty officer and graduate of a military service academy to compete at Miss AmericaCousin of Miss Arkansas Teen USA 2021 and Miss Arkansas USA 2024 Madeline Bohlman ConnecticutGina Carloto28New HavenDanceThe 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 25 HonoluluSlam PoetryKahua Kollective Idaho Reagan Yamauchi 22 Soda Springs Piano Motivated 2 MoveFirst contestant to perform a basketball routine on stage Illinois Jessica Tilton 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 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 25 Wichita Tap Dance One Vision is Not the Only Vision Top 11 Kentucky Mallory Hudson 22Bowling GreenVocalInclusive Stages Third Runner-up Louisiana Makenzie Scroggs 20 Marksville Dance Being True to Being You Maine Veronica Druchniak 27 Standish Dance Make a Small ChangePreliminary Talent Award Maryland Kennedy Taylor 26 Silver Spring Salsa Dance CyberSafeKids Top 11Preliminary Evening Gown; Preliminary FitnessTop 10 at Miss America's Outstanding TeenMassachusetts Chelsea Vuong 25 Cambridge Piano Dollars and "Sense" for Financial Freedom Michigan Maya Schuhknecht 21 Buchanan Speed Painting Art for AllPreliminary Talent Minnesota Angelina Amerigo 22 Mound Dance One Bottle, One Straw, One Bag at a Time Mississippi Vivian O'Neal25 Hattiesburg Dance CapABLEPreliminary Fitness Missouri Hayley Leach 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 Nebraska Morgan Baird 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 New Hampshire Brooke Mills 24 ConcordVocalLessen the Impact: Concussion AwarenessDaughter of Miss New Hampshire 1995 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 YorkAmelia Collins21ManhattanDance POW-HER: Promoting Women's Healthcare as an Entitled Right Top 11Former Miss Tennessee Volunteer3rd runner-up at Miss Volunteer America 2022 North Carolina Taylor Loyd22 Mooresville Operatic Vocal The Arts Connection Top 11Preliminary Talent North Dakota Sydney Helgeson 22 Bismarck Vocal Live United: Building Stronger Communities Together Previously Miss North Dakota's Outstanding Teen 2017 Ohio Madison Miller 23 Coshocton Piano The Veteran Narrative Oklahoma Sunny Day 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 IslandCaroline Parente21South KingstownVocalInvestHer: Igniting the Power of the Female Entrepreneur Fourth Runner-upPreviously Miss Rhode Island's Outstanding Teen 2019 South Carolina Jada Samuel26Greenville HERstory iShapeMe Inc.South DakotaMiranda Orth O'Bryan25MartinVocalPage Turners: Fall in Love with Reading TennesseeBrandee Mills 25Nashville Dance Unashamed — Living Mindfully of Mental HealthPreliminary Fitness Texas Ellie Breaux22Houston Rhythmic Gymnastics/Dance Cops in the Communities First Runner-upPreliminary Evening Gown Utah Sarah Sun 22 Salt Lake City Classical Piano Changed for Good: Reducing Recidivism, Strengthening Communities Previously Distinguished Young Woman of Utah 2019Second runner-up at Distinguished Young Women Nationals Competition VermontYamuna Turco 20 Colchester VocalOne Book, One ChildVirginiaKatie Rose27MartinsburgBallet en PointeEnding Domestic Violence by Empowering Women and Enabling ReformWashingtonVanessa Munson21Battle GroundJazz DanceBeauty and Beyond: What is your Beautiful?Serves Active Duty in the United States Army West Virginia Karrington Childress21Charles Town HERstoryReaders 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 WyomingMackenzie Kern23 Casper HERstoryFormer Miss Wyoming USA 2021 and Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2018
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