Miss America

  • CelebrityThe Wrap

    Phyllis George, Trailblazing NFL Reporter and Former Miss America Winner, Dies at 70

    Phyllis George, a former Miss America winner who went on to become one of the first female broadcasters covering the NFL — and later, the First Lady of Kentucky — died Thursday at the age of 70. Her ex-husband, John Y. Brown Jr., told the Lexington Herald-Leader on Saturday she had suffered from a rare blood disorder since she was in her 30s.George’s eclectic career started in 1970, when she won the Miss Texas title; a year later, she won the Miss America pageant, garnering her widespread nation

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  • NewsCosmopolitan

    Miss Michigan Emily Sioma Discusses Her Viral Miss America Pageant Moment

    "I knew I had, well, basically eight seconds on TV to make a statement and I wanted to use it for something more than for myself. "

  • NewsJihan Forbes

    Miss Michigan’s Jumpsuit Has Been the Best Thing About the Miss America Competition So Far

    Keeping the Internet buzzing more than usual, Miss Michigan Arianna Quan made headlines for wearing a white lace jumpsuit during the Miss America competition.

  • NewsThe Cut on Yahoo

    What Beauty Means When Your Mom Was the First Black Miss America

    Maybe you’ve previously mistaken her modern funk tunes for Erykah Badu, or were able to catch her duo at Afropunk last year.

  • NewsNoël Duan

    For Betty Cantrell, Being Miss America is Her First Full-Time Job

    When 21-year-old Betty Cantrell from Georgia was crowned Miss America on Sunday night with high marks from judges like Zendaya and former Miss America Vanessa Williams, she took a selfie with her beaming fellow contestants. “A night I will never forget!” The Mercer University undergraduate and vocal performance major sang “Tu Tu Piccolo Iddio” from the opera “Madame Butterfly” and answered a question about whether Tom Brady cheated or not. “It was kind of a funky question to ask me if Tom Brad

  • NewsLauren Tuck

    Miss America 2016 Was Crowned Wearing a Crop Top

    Photo: From the very start of the 2016 Miss America competition I thought to myself, “Why am I watching this?” This question was even more confounding because I would’ve rather be watching the US Open Championship match. Throughout the broadcast, I continued to ask questions: yelling them to my family in the other room watching tennis, tweeting them out to my followers and the social media abyss, and even texting coworkers for some answers.