"Miss America is someone who needs to educate," said the 24-year-old PharmD student Joelle Goldstein is a Senior News Editor on the TV team for PEOPLE Digital. She has been with the brand since ...

The first pageant — held in September 1921 — was part of a strategy to bring tourists to Atlantic City after Labor Day, according to the Miss America website. It was won by a 16-year-old named ...

Later, Miss America 1937, eighteen-year-old Bette Cooper, changed her mind about becoming Miss America and escaped in the middle of the night. Slaughter initiated an all-out crusade to improve ...

She was 30 years old Maria Pasquini is the senior news editor ... That year, she and three other women — Nia Imani Franklin (Miss America) Kaliegh Garris (Miss Teen USA) and Zozibini Tunzi ...

The 22-year-old Vestavia Hills native is a graduate ... Miss Alabama’s Teen, Ali Mims, was named first runner-up for Miss America’s Teen on Saturday. Alabama has won four Miss America titles ...