Susan Akin, of Meridian, Missi., gets her crown adjusted by Miss West Va., Rebecca Porterfield at the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City, N.J., Saturday night, Sept. 15, 1985. Akin won the annual competition and won the title of Miss America 1986.

The Miss USA pageant airs Thursday night, but first, take trip down memory lane and scroll through the winners from years past.

Miss America 2019 aired live on ABC

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

Mrs. Michigan United States 2008 Heidi Scheer

Actress and singer receives a special message from the CEO of Miss America Foundation

friends! please join me at Bonanzaville this Sunday from 1-3 for my Miss America send off PARTY!✨ see you there!

Miss North Carolina's Teen, Hanley House, was crowned Miss America's Teen 2024 on Saturday, January 13 at the Walt Disney Theater (D...

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