Miss America was an official ambassador of the U.S., and therefore, until 1950, only white women were allowed to participate in the contest. The first Black contestant, Miss Iowa Cheryl Brown ...

The Miss America organization has had a long and ugly history with racism and diversity, and Monday’s Secrets of Miss America explored just how long and just how ugly it’s been.. The new ...

The iconic Miss Black America pageant will return to Atlantic City, its original location, for its 55th anniversary on Dec. 16. This year, more than 50 Black women will be competing for the ...

The Miss Universe Organization, which runs Miss USA and Miss Teen USA, began allowing transgender women to participate in 2012. Last year, the Miss America Organization announced it would end the ...

Miss New York Vanessa Williams was crowned the winner of the 57th Miss America Pageant on Sept. 17, 1983. -- (Photo by: NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images) (NBC via ...

Abbie Stockard, a 22-year-old nursing student and cheerleader at Alabama’s Auburn University, beat 51 other contestants to be named Miss America.

40 years ago today, Williams was stripped of her Miss America crown. Here's how she got the last laugh. Bettmann Archive; Dia Dipasupil/Getty Vanessa Williams in 1984 and 2024 On July 23, 1984, ...