Caroline Lunny, Miss Massachusetts USA 2014, competes in her evening gown during the 2014 MISS USA® Preliminary Competition

Miss Universe 1984 Sweden's Yvonne Ryding after her win in Miami

Miss Commonwealth, Annika Sharma, was crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 2023 on Sunday, January 29 at Boston Marriott Burlington. The 22-year-o...

The now-reigning Miss Massachusetts told Cosmopolitan.com she thought it was "inappropriate." One of her fellow beauty contestants in the state pageant has also given up her crown over the incident.

Miss Alaska, Emma Broyles, was crowned Miss America 2022 on Thursday, December 16 at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut.

For the first time in the pageant's history the two branches of the organization — the pageant and the foundation — will be led entirely by women, who also happen to be former Miss Americas.