The former Miss New York is the 98th woman to hold the prestigious national pageant title Stephanie Augello/Variety via Getty Cassie Donegan was crowned Miss America 2026 in Orlando on Sept. 7, 2025, ...

Ava Weeks, of Conway, is Miss America bound after she took home the Miss Arkansas title Saturday night. As the outgoing Miss Arkansas, Kennedy Holland, crowned her successor, the two women were ...

Williams made history as the first Black woman to win the stories pageant. After she was forced to resign, Charles became the second Black Miss America AP Photo Suzette Charles is looking at pageantry ...

Cassie Donegan at the American Heart Association's Red Dress Gala on Jan. 29. 2026 in N.Y.C. In her role as Miss America 2026, Cassie Donegan has spent over half a year traveling nonstop, constantly ...