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![MARGARET GORMAN CAHILL 1921: Margaret Gorman from Washington](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-172.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Campbell Campbell](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-18.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![American beauty queen Mary Katherine Campbell is promenaded American beauty queen Mary Katherine Campbell is promenaded](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-19.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![1924 Miss America From Philadelphia Pennsylvania Ruth Malcomson 1924 Miss America From Philadelphia Pennsylvania Ruth Malcomson](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-00.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Fay Lanphier (right), Miss America of 1925, shown backstage Fay Lanphier (right), Miss America of 1925, shown backstage](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-21.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Mrs. Norma D. Smallwood, Miss Tulsa, winner of 1926 Miss Ame Mrs. Norma D. Smallwood, Miss Tulsa, winner of 1926 Miss Ame](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-22.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Long Serving Star Long Serving Star](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-23.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Marian Bergeron, the 1933 winner of the Miss America Contest.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-35.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Miss America competition: The acting Miss Pittsburgh of 1935 Henrietta Leaver won beauty competition and is the new Miss America. Atlantic City. USA. Photograph. 17 September, 1935. (Photo by Austrian Archives (AA) Miss America competition: The acting Miss Pittsburgh of 1935 Henrietta Leaver won beauty competition and is the new Miss America. Atlantic City. USA. Photograph. 17 September, 1935. (Photo by Austrian Archives (AA)](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-24.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Coyle Coyle](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-25.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Cooper Cooper](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-26.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![And For The Winner And For The Winner](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-27.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Miss America Miss America](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-28.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Burke Donnelly Burke Donnelly](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-29.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Up On The Roof Up On The Roof](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-30.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Miss America for 1942. - 23-September-1942 Miss America for 1942. - 23-September-1942](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-31.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Miss America Jean Bartel 1943 Miss America Jean Bartel 1943](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-32.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Venus Ramey Venus Ramey](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-33.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Miss America winner Bess Myerson Miss America winner Bess Myerson](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/72430832.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Two Miss Americas Two Miss Americas](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-34.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Barbara Jo Walker Wearing Miss America Crown Barbara Jo Walker Wearing Miss America Crown](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-13.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Miss America of 1948 Beatrice Shopp Miss America of 1948 Beatrice Shopp](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/bebe-shopp.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Jacque Mercer Waving to Cameraman Jacque Mercer Waving to Cameraman](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ukd1336inp.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Yolande Betbeze Wearing Swim Suit Yolande Betbeze Wearing Swim Suit](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ukd1469inp.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Hutchins Hutchins](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-36.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Neva Langley, the 1953 winner of the Miss America contest.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-48.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Evelyn Ay Strolling Down Runway Evelyn Ay Strolling Down Runway](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/u1233506inp.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Lee Ann Meriwether Kicking Her Heels in the Surf Lee Ann Meriwether Kicking Her Heels in the Surf](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-12.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Miss America Being Crowned Miss America Being Crowned](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/u1121477.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Mary Ann McKnight with Glass of Orange Juice Mary Ann McKnight with Glass of Orange Juice](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ukd2798inp.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![OCT 30 1957, OCT 31 1957; Young photographers got the chance of a lifetime when Miss America, Marily OCT 30 1957, OCT 31 1957; Young photographers got the chance of a lifetime when Miss America, Marily](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-37.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Mary Ann Mobley in Pageant Dress Mary Ann Mobley in Pageant Dress](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-09.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Lynda Lee Mead on Winning Beauty Pageant Lynda Lee Mead on Winning Beauty Pageant](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/u1196331.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Nancy Anne Fleming,Miss America 1960 Nancy Anne Fleming,Miss America 1960](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-03.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Miss America 1962 Miss America 1962](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-38.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Bert Parks Poses Bert Parks Poses](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-39.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Couple Performing Water Skiing Act Couple Performing Water Skiing Act](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-01.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Crowning of Miss America 1965 Crowning of Miss America 1965](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/u1440303-13.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![NOV 8 1965, NOV 9 1965, MAY 13 1968; Deborah Bryant, Overland, Kan., as Miss America; She's seen man NOV 8 1965, NOV 9 1965, MAY 13 1968; Deborah Bryant, Overland, Kan., as Miss America; She's seen man](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-40.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Jane Anne Jayroe 1967: Jayne Anne Jayroe from Laverne, Okla.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-411.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Miss America Debra Barnes Posing at Helm 1968: Debra Barnes from Pittsburg, Kan.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/u1571668.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-49.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Pamela Anne Eldred, Judith Anne Ford Pamela Anne Eldred, Judith Anne Ford](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-42.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Miss America Phyllis George Miss America Phyllis George](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-06.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Portrait of Miss America 1972 Portrait of Miss America 1972](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-07.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Miss America 1973 Being Crowned Miss America 1973 Being Crowned](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-08.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![King King](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-43.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-50.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Miss America Godin 1976 1976: Tawny Godin from Saratoga Springs, N.Y.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-44.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Beauty Queen Beauty Queen](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-45.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![1978: Susan Perkins fromColumbus, Ohio](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-51.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![1979: Kylene Barker from Roanoke, Va.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-52.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Miss America Pageant 1980 Miss America Pageant 1980](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-46.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Susan Powell Susan Powell](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-47.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![WARD WARD](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ap810713064.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Miss America Pageant 1983 1983: Debra Sue Maffett from Anaheim, Calif.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-64.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Former Miss America Vanessa Williams During Competition 1984: Vanessa Williams from Millwood, N.Y.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-62.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Miss America Contestant Suzette Charles Singing 1984: Suzette Charles from Mays Landing, N.J.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-63.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Ronald Reagan, Sharlene Wells 1985: Sharlene Wells Salt Lake City, Utah](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-65.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Akin 1986: Susan Akin from Meridian, Miss.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-66.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Cash 1987: Kellye Cash from Memphis, Tenn.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-67.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Exchange Old Miss 1988: Kaye Lani Rae Rafko from Monroe, Mich.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-68.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Miss America 1988 1989: Gretchen Carlson from Anoka, Minn.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-69.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![CARLSON CHA TURNER CARLSON CHA TURNER](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-701.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/1991_marjorie-vincent.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Carolyn Sapp 1992: Carolyn Sapp from Honolulu](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-71.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Miss America 1993 1993: Leanza Cornett from Jacksonville, Fla.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-61.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Aiken 1994: Kimberly Aiken from Columbia, S.C.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-72.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Heather Whitestone, First Deaf-Mute to be Elected Miss America 1995 Heather Whitestone, First Deaf-Mute to be Elected Miss America 1995](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/0000299558-002.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![SHAWNTEL SMITH 1996: Shawntel Smith from Muldrow Okla.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-73.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![TARA DAWN HOLLAND 1997: Tara Dawn Holland from Overland Park, Kans.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-74.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![MISS AMERICA AT NEWS CONFERENCE 1998: Kate Shindle from Evanston Ill.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-76.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Miss Virginia Nicole Johnson (R) is crowned Miss A 1999: Nicole Johnson from Virginia Beach, Va.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-75.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![HEATHER RENEE FRENCH, MISS AMERICA 2000 2000: Heather French from Maysville, Ky.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-59.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Miss Hawaii Angela Perez Baraquio (front) reacts a 2001: Angela Perez Baraquio from Honolulu, Hawaii](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-78.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Miss Oregon, Katie Harman, poses during the swimsu 2002: Katie Harman from Gresham, Ore.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-77.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![HAROLD 2003: Erika Harold from Urbana, Ill.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-79.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Miss Florida Ericka Dunlap 2004: Ericka Dunlap from Orlando, Fla.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-80.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![DOWNS 2005: Deidre Downs from Birmingham, Ala.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-81.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Feature - Backstage at Miss America 2006: Jennifer Berry from Tulsa, Okla.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-57.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![2007 Miss America Pageant 2007: Lauren Nelson from Lawton, Okla.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-82.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Kirsten Haglund 2008: Kirsten Haglund from Farmington Hills, Mich.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-83.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Katie Stam 2009: Katie Stam from Seymour, Ind.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-84.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![2010 Miss America Pageant 2010: Caressa Cameron from Fredericksburg, Va](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-85.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Miss Nebraska Scanlan, 17, reacts after being crowned Miss America 2011 during the Miss America Pageant in Las Vegas 2011: Teresa Scanlan from Gering, Neb.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-55.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Miss Wisconsin Laura Kaeppeler poses after being crowned Miss America 2012 in Las Vegas 2012: Laura Kaeppeler from Kenosha, Wis.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-54.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Mallory Hytes Hagan, Miss New York, competes in the evening gown portion of the Miss America Pageant in Las Vegas 2013: Mallory Hytes Hagan from Brooklyn, N.Y.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-53.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![The 2014 Miss America Competition 2014: Nina Davuluri from Syracuse, N.Y.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-winner-56.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Kira Kazantsev, Miss New York Crowned Miss America 2015 Kira Kazantsev, Miss New York Crowned Miss America 2015](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miss-america-2015.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Miss America Miss Arkansa, Savvy Shields, waves to crowd after being named new the Miss America 2017 in Atlantic City, N.J., Sept. 11, 2016.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/savvy-shields.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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