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Miss Virginia
The Miss Virginia competition is a scholarship pageant for women, with the titleholder representing Virginia in the Miss America pageant. The competition was founded in 1953 as a scholarship contest for young women, although women had represented Virginia in the Miss America pageant since the 1930s. Four Miss Virginia winners have gone on to be crowned Miss America, including former national titleholder Caressa Cameron. To compete in the Miss Virginia pageant, a contestant must first win one of many local competitions. Contestants may compete at the local and state level more than once, but having won a state title may only compete in the national Miss America competition one time. The state pageant was formerly held in Roanoke, Virginia at the Roanoke Civic Center in June or July, and moved to Liberty University in Lynchburg in June 2018. During her reign, Miss Virginia travels over 40,000 miles across the state making appearances to further her social impact initiative, visit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynchburg, Virginia
Lynchburg is an independent city (United States), independent city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. First settled in 1757 by ferry owner John Lynch (1740–1820), John Lynch, the city's population was 79,009 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains along the banks of the James River, Lynchburg is known as the "City of Seven Hills" or the "Hill City". In the 1860s, Lynchburg was the only city in Virginia that was not recaptured by the Union (American Civil War), Union before the end of the American Civil War. Lynchburg lies at the center of a wider Lynchburg metropolitan area, metropolitan area close to the geographic center of Virginia. It is the fifth-largest Metropolitan statistical area, MSA in Virginia, with a population of 261,593. It is the site of several institutions of higher education, including Virginia University of Lynchburg, Randolph College, University of L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohegan Sun
Mohegan Sun is an American casino, owned and operated by the Mohegan Tribe on of their reservation, along the banks of the Thames River in Uncasville, Connecticut. It has of gambling space. It is in the foothills of southeastern Connecticut, where 60 percent of the state's tourism is concentrated. It features the 12,000-seat capacity Mohegan Sun Arena, home of the Women's National Basketball Association's Connecticut Sun. It houses a 350-seat Cabaret Theatre, the 300-seat Wolf Den, and of meeting and function room space, including the Northeast’s largest ballroom and of retail shopping. It is also where the studio of WMOS is located. The casino contains slot machines, gaming tables including poker, blackjack, craps, roulette, Caribbean stud poker, keno and baccarat. The race book offers live horse or greyhound racing from around the U.S. as well as from Australia and England. It also offers wagering on jai-alai from Florida. The economic recession that began in 2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss America Award Winners
The most frequently presented Miss America awards are for preliminary talent and swimsuit. The talent award was introduced in 1936, and the swimsuit award in 1940. In the 2000s, preliminary awards for evening gown and interview were briefly introduced but were discontinued after two years as it was felt that they made the semi-finalists too predictable. Other awards include Miss Congeniality, given out in the early years of the pageant and re-introduced at Miss America 2006, and the Quality of Life Award for a contestant's platform, first awarded in 1989. Preliminary awards Preliminary on stage interview/Social Impact Pitch award Preliminary talent award Preliminary swimsuit award There have multiple instances of ties for this preliminary award. This occurred at Miss America pageants in 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1972, 1979, 1987, and 1993. This award was discontinued since the Miss America 2019 competition and was replaced with state titleholders participating in a live int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savannah Lane
Savannah Morgan Lane (born April 3, 1995) is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Midlothian, Virginia, who was crowned Miss Virginia 2015. She competed for the Miss America 2016 title in September 2015 and placed in the top 15. Pageant career Early pageants On January 8, 2011, Lane won the title Miss Chesterfield's Outstanding Teen 2011. In August 2011, she vied for title of Miss Virginia's Outstanding Teen, part of the Miss America pageant system for young women between 13 and 17 years old. Lane was named first runner-up to Dominick Fink for the state teen title. Outside of the Miss America system, Lane won the title Miss Chesterfield County Fair Queen in August 2012. She contended for the state title of 2013 Miss Virginia Association of Fairs but was named first runner-up to Sarah Grace. Vying for Miss Virginia Returning to the Miss America system as an adult, Lane won the Miss Northern Virginia 2013 title on February 17, 2013. She competed in the 2013 Miss Virginia pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Redd
Nancy Amanda Redd (born April 28, 1981) is an American author who was Miss Virginia in 2003 and competed in Miss America, finishing in the top ten and winning the preliminary "Lifestyle & Fitness in Swimwear" competition. She authored the book ''Body Drama: Real Girls, Real Bodies, Real Issues, Real Answers'' and is a host of HuffPost Live. She is also the author of ''Diet Drama: Feed Your Body! Move Your Body! Love Your Body'' and ''Pregnancy, OMG!: The First Ever Photographic Guide for Modern Mamas-to-Be''. Early life and education Nancy Amanda Redd was born in Martinsville, Virginia on April 28, 1981. As a child in Virginia, she was active in 4-H, and was in Girls State in high school. In February 2002, while attending Harvard University, Redd won $250,000 on ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire'', and donated a considerable amount of her winnings to 4-H. Redd was one of Glamour's ''Top Ten College Women'' in October 2002. Redd graduated from Harvard with honors in 2003, with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Marie Elliott
Rose Marie Brown (April 15, 1919 – January 19, 2015) was an American theater actress who was crowned Miss Virginia in 1939. Then known by her birth name, Rose Marie Elliott, she placed fourth in the 13th Miss America pageant in Atlantic City. However, despite losing the pageant, she was discovered by Rodgers and Hammerstein, which led to a career on Broadway during the late 1930s and 1940s. Biography Brown was born Rose Marie Elliott on April 15, 1919, in Suffolk, Virginia, to Rosa Marie (née Bruce) Elliott and Milton T. Elliott III. She attended Simmons College before entering local beauty pageants. In 1939, Elliott won her first local pageant, winning the title Miss Peanut. She went on to win the sixth Miss Virginia pageant later that year. Elliott competed as Miss Virginia in the 13th Miss America competition in 1939, the last to be held at the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey. She ultimately placed fourth, losing to Miss Michigan Patricia Donnelly. However, Elliott w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtney Garrett
Courtney Paige Garrett (born August 14, 1992) is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Pamplin City, Virginia, who was chosen as Miss Virginia's Outstanding Teen 2009 and crowned Miss Virginia 2014. She competed for the Miss America 2015 title in September 2014 and was named first runner-up. Pageant career Early pageants Garrett began competing in beauty pageants when she was three years old. Her first competition was for Tiny Miss Appomattox in 1996. Among her childhood achievements, Garrett was crowned Little Miss State Fair of Virginia in 1998. Garrett was crowned Miss Central Virginia's Outstanding Teen 2009 and went on to win the statewide Miss Virginia's Outstanding Teen 2009 title. Trying for the national crown, Garrett placed in the Top 10 at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2010. Vying for Miss Virginia Competing as an adult, Garrett won the Miss Lynchburg 2011 title on January 29, 2011. She competed in the 2011 Miss Virginia pageant with the platform "C.A.R.E. – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss America 2020
The Miss America 2020 competition was held on Thursday, December 19, 2019. This was the 93rd Miss America pageant/competition, though the Miss America Organization celebrated its 99th anniversary in 2019. This discrepancy is due to national pageants not being held from 1928 to 1932 or in 1934 because of financial problems associated with the Great Depression. In May 2019, it was announced that the 2020 competition would be broadcast on NBC after previously being aired on ABC since 2011. NBC previously aired Miss America pageants for more than two decades until ABC was selected to air the Miss America 1998 pageant in September 1997. This is also the first beauty pageant to be aired by NBC since the network terminated its contract with the Miss Universe Organization in June 2015 over controversial remarks that were made by Donald Trump during his 2016 presidential campaign. In July 2019, it was announced that the 2020 competition would be held at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camille Schrier
Camille Thomasina Schrier (; born June 30, 1995) is a Miss America titleholder and previous pageant titleholder. On June 22, 2019, she was crowned Miss Virginia 2019. On December 19, 2019, she was crowned Miss America 2020 in Uncasville, Connecticut. In May 2020, following the cancellation of the Miss America 2021 competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Miss America organization announced that Schrier would serve an additional year after her term as Miss America was due to expire in December 2020. Early life and education Schrier was born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania to Thomas and Cheryl (née Camillo) Schrier. She has one older sibling. As a child, Schrier was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. During the Miss America 2020 competition, Schrier also revealed that she was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder and recovered from an eating disorder as a teenager. Schrier graduated with honors from the Hun School of Princeton in 2013. During high school, Schrier w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss America 1999
Miss America 1999, the 72nd Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday, September 19, 1998 on ABC Network. Results Placements Order of announcements Top 10 # # # # # # # # # # Top 5 # # # # # Awards Preliminary awards Non-finalist awards Quality of Life awards Delegates * Alabama - Ashley Halfman * Alaska - Joslyn Tinker * Arizona - Leean Hendrix * Arkansas - Erin Wheatley * California - Danielle Coney * Colorado - Keely Gaston * Connecticut - Lauren Bergamo * Delaware - Jody Kelly * District of Columbia - Nicole Messina * Florida - Lissette Gonzalez * Georgia - April Brinson * Hawaii - Jennifer Hera * Idaho - Tammy Toney * Illinois - Amanda Jo Meadows * Indiana - Julianne Hackney * Iowa - Lisa Dondlinger * Kansas - Jennifer Vannatta * Kentucky - Chera-Lyn Cook * Louisiana - Heather Dupree * Maine - Stephany Stanley * Maryland - Heather Noelle Davis * Massachusetts - Elizabeth Emerson Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicole Johnson (Miss America)
Nicole Johnson (born January 9, 1974) is an American beauty queen, author, public health professional and activist. Crowned Miss America 1999 and Miss Virginia 1998, she became the first Miss America with diabetes and the first contestant to publicize the use of an insulin pump. She now advocates for diabetes research, treatment, and education, having been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1993. Education Johnson holds a B.A. in English from the University of South Florida and an M.A. in journalism from the School of Communication & the Arts at Regent University in Virginia. She also has a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Pittsburgh gained in 2007. In 2013, Johnson received a Doctor of Public Health degree from the University of South Florida. Pageantry Early pageantry Johnson first started competing in pageants in Florida and placed in the Top 10 at Miss Florida in 1995 and was third runner-up in the Miss Florida USA 1995 pageant. After moving to Virgin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss America 1979
Miss America 1979, the 52nd Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 9, 1978 on NBC Network. Kylene Barker was the first Miss Virginia to win the crown. Results Placements Order of announcements Top 10 # # # # # # # # # # Awards Preliminary awards Non-finalist awards Delegates Judges * Neil J. Walsh *Mary Longely *Jerry Vale *Dr. Glenn Whitesides *Eileen Dole * Ray Sach Shroder * Renee Valente *Janet Langhart External links Miss America official website {{Miss America 1979 Delegates 1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ... 1978 in the United States 1979 beauty pageants 1978 in New Jersey September 1978 events in the United States Events in Atlantic City, New Jersey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
