The contestants in the Miss America Pageant consist of one contestant from each of the 50 states plus one contestant each from the District of Columbia (Washington D.C.) and the U.S. territories of...
The Miss America pageant has already passed. Miss Nebraska Teresa Scanlan has been crowned the new Miss America on Saturday, January 15, 2011, in Las Vegas.
The process of becoming Miss America is a difficult one. First, one must earn the title of "Miss" in a local pageant. Then they must compete at the state level against twenty or so other young women....