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  • Comment: I second the rejection. We are not even in 2024. Way too soon. — MaxnaCarta  ( 💬 • 📝 ) 06:44, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment: maybe come back nearer the time. Tagishsimon (talk) 02:04, 23 November 2023 (UTC)


Miss America 2025
DateDecember 31, 2024-January 5, 2025
VenueDr. Phillips Center for Performing Arts
Entrants52
← 2024

Miss America 2025 will be the 97th Miss America pageant, held at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando, Florida, alongside the Miss America's Teen 2025 competition, on January 5, 2025. Madison Marsh of Colorado will crown her successor at the end of the event.

The Miss America contest background

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New Miss America 2025 Pageant rules forbid when transgender people who have not completed surgery changes to their own gender are contestants.[1] That would mean surgery needs to be complete before one can participate in these Pageants beginning with the 2025 Miss America year.[2] Also, to actually participate in the 2025 Miss America Pageant you would have to be born between 1996 and 2006.[3][4][5] In other words while 2024 is in progress contestants cannot turn age 29 before 2024 ends.[6]

The usual rules apply to the 2025 part of the Miss America Pageants:

  • All contestants or anybody who wants to participate need to be female.
  • A contestant cannot marry while she is Miss America.
  • Contestants can run only once even if they do not win any Miss America titles.
  • Whosoever wants to run as a contestant has to be between age 18–28 years old.
  • Whosoever are Miss America contestants cannot have any criminal offense (even a misdemeanor or petty crime).
  • Residency rules require the contestants to live in the State and work in the same where they represent.
  • Teenagers are required for being in schools as full-time before being eligible. For Miss, they are required to be high school seniors not past the date of competition or have successfully completed their general equivalency diplomas for high school equivalency.
  • Under no circumstances can a female wanting to compete be married, have been previously married, have gotten pregnant, be raising or have adopted children. Furthermore the female cannot get engaged without having proper permission of the Miss America Organization before or during their service year.

Results

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Contestants

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The first state pageant was Miss Vermont, crowned on April 14, 2024.[7] Following an absence of about seven years, Miss Puerto Rico will return for Miss America 2025.[8]

State, district, or territory Name Age[a] Hometown Talent Community Service Initiative Placement Special awards Notes
Alabama Abbie Stockard[9] 21 Vestavia Contemporary Dance, "You Say"
Alaska Jordan Naylor 26 Anchorage Ballroom Dance, "Little Pary Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)" "Nation of Lifesavers" Previously Miss Alaska's Outstanding Teen 2012

Previously Miss Alaska USA 2023

Arizona Shailey Ringenbach 20 Phoenix Lyrical Dance, "If You're Reading This" "Share the Love: Improving Mental Health through Pet Therapy" Older sister of Miss Arizona's Outstanding Teen 2022, Saray Ringenbach
Arkansas Camille Cathey 22 Wynne Vocal, "If I Had My Way" "Proudly Volunteer" Previously Miss Arkansas' Outstanding Teen 2018
California Kimberly Vernon 27 Santa Clara Jazz Dance, "Le Jazz Hot" "Arts for All - Advocating for Accessible Arts Education"
Colorado Alexandra Lotko 26 Denver Vocal, "My Funny Valentine" "It's Okay to not be Okay"
Connecticut Monica Fenwick 23 Watertown Flute, "Don't Stop Me Now" "Communication is Key"
Delaware Nova Rae Gaffney 24 Milford Classical Ballet en Pointe, "Carmen" "Behind Closed Doors: Domestic Violence Awareness"
District of Columbia Katie Ann Powell 26 Harp, "Baroque Flamenco" "Preparing Women for Financial Success"
Florida Casana Fink 25 Ocala Lyrical Dance, "Rescue" "Give to Life; Donate Life - Advocating for Tissue and Organ Donation"
Georgia Ludwidg Louizaire 26 Rome Broadway Vocal, "Home" "Education for Every Student"
Hawaii Hayley Cheyney-Kāne 27 Kaneohe Vocal and Hula, "Aloha Wau la'oe" "Aloha is for Everyone" Previously Miss Hawaii's Outstanding Teen 2013
Idaho Madison Andreason 21 Idaho Falls Vocal, "What Was I Made For" "Get Up and Get Out" Previously Miss Idaho's Outstanding Teen 2021

Daughter of Miss Idaho USA 1987, Vicki Hoffman Andreason

Illinois Breana Bagley 26 Decatur Lyrical Dance, "A New Day Has Come"
Indiana Kalyn Melham 23 Muncie Vocal, "Don't Forget Me" 'ACT: Advocating for Change through Theater"
Iowa Abigaille Batu-Tiako 21 Oskaloosa Vocal, "The Joke" "The United Voices"
Kansas Alexis Smith 25 Wichita Ventriloquism, "The Aucioneer" "Respect Reclaimed"
Kentucky Chapel Tinius 24 Bowling Green Fiddle Medley "Operation Gratitude: For the Fallen, For the Fighting, For the Veterans" Previously Miss Kentucky's Outstanding Teen 2016

Previously Distinguished Young Woman of Kentucky 2018

Louisiana Olivia Grace George 20 Ruston Jazz Dance, "Bossa Nova Baby" "Education is KEY! Knowledge Empowers Youth"
Maine Jennie Daley 28 Sullivan HERStory "#DressLikeAnEngineer"
Maryland Bridget O'Brien 22 Frederick Musical Theater Vocal, "Don't Rain On My Parade" "Boomerang!"
Massachusetts Kiersten Khoury 23 Westwood HERStory, "Fight Song" "Redefining Dyslexia: Turning Challenges in Superpowers"
Michigan Jenae Lodewyk 24 Bay City HERStory "Women in the Workplace" Older sister to Miss Michigan's Outstanding Teen 2016, Kendra Lodewyk
Minnesota Emily Schumacher 24 Mankato Tap Dance, "Proud Mary" & "River Deep Mountain High" "The Heart of the Matter" Previously Miss Minnesota's Outstanding Teen 2017

Older sister of Miss Minnesota's Outstanding Teen 2022, Julia Schumacher

Mississippi Becky Williams 22 Purvis Jazz Dance, "Move You're Steppin' on My Heart" "Make a Move"
Missouri Ashley Berry 20 Clinton Contemporary Ballet en Pointe, "Eleanor Rigby" Previously Miss Missouri's Outstanding Teen 2021
Montana Kaylee Wolfensberger 20 Bozeman Piano, "Great Balls of Fire" "Healing Harmonies"
Nebraska Raechel Warren 28 Omaha Roller Figure Skating, "Song Must Go On" "Passion to Purpose" Previously Miss Iowa Volunteer 2022
Nevada Karrina Ferris 21 Reno Lyrical Dance, "You Will Be Found"
New Hampshire Emily Spencer 23 Bedford Lyrical Dance, "One Moment in Time" “Inspiring Inclusivity through Education and Opportunity”
New Jersey Elizabeth Mendel 22 Cape May Court House Lyrical Dance, "It's All Coming Back to Me" "Image is Everywhere"
New Mexico Emille-Marie Enriquez Alamogordo Folkloric Dance, "El Son De La Negra" Previously Miss New Mexico Volunteer 2022
New York Abigail Quammen 24 Manhattan Vocal, "My Way" "Read to Lead to Succeed" Previously Miss Kentucky's Outstanding Teen 2017
North Carolina Carrie Everett 20 Durham Vocal, "The Impossible Dream" "We Need Equity to Build Communities"
North Dakota Sophia Richards 23 Hope Vocal, "La Vie En Rose" "BIO Girls"
Ohio Stephanie Finoti 21 Columbus Ballet en Pointe, "Kitri Act III" and "Don Quixote" "That STEM Girl"
Oklahoma Lauren Frost 24 Tahlequah Clogging, "Hound Dog" "Adoption as Oklahoma's Option"
Oregon Abigail Hoppe 25 McMinnville Latin Ballroom Dance, 'Let's Get Loud" "Making Type 1 Diabetes Feel Like Type None Diabetes"
Pennsylvania Page Weinstein 26 Pittsburgh Dance Twirl, "Thunderstruck" Previously Miss Pennsylvania's Outstanding Teen 2014
Puerto Rico Wilma Victoria Richiez-Mateo San Juan HERStory
Rhode Island Ali Hornung 24 Providence Vocal, "Legally Blonde" “Glimmer of Hope”
South Carolina Davis Wash 23 Edgefield Vocal, "Ain't No Sunshine"
South Dakota Joelle Simpson 20 Rapid City Harp, "Swan Lake Harp Cadenza" "Nurturing Nature"
Tennessee Carley Vogel 22 Murfreesboro Classical Vocal, "Climb Every Mountain"
Texas Annette Addo-Yobo 25 Southlake Slam Poetry, "Autism SPEAKS"
Utah Paris Matthews 26 Cottonwood Heights Jazz Dance, "All That Jazz" “Power of Play: Advocating for Hospitalized Children”
Vermont Meara Seery[10] 24[11] Brattleboro Vocal, "Seven Nation Army" “Green for Good”
Virginia Carlehr Swanson 25 Charlottesville Vocal/Piano, "Get Here"
Washington Hermona Girmay 23 Seattle Vocal, "My Days"
West Virginia Jennifer Reuther 26 Wheeling Jazz Dance "Wellness Across West Viriginia"
Wisconsin Mandi Genord 22 Beaver Dam Contemporary Jazz Dance, "You Don't Own Me" "Connecting Lives: Adoption Resources and Advocacy" Previously Miss Wisconsin's Outstanding Teen 2018
Wyoming Baylee Drewry 23 Greybull HERStory, "Breath and Life" "Supporting Girls and Women in Sports" Previously Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2020

References

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  1. ^ Ages at the time of national competition

  1. ^ "The Miss America Clarifies Rules that Ban Certain Trans Contestants". The San Francisco Standard. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
  2. ^ "The Miss America Clarifies Rules that Ban Certain Trans Contestants". The San Francisco Standard. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
  3. ^ "The Miss Pennsylvania Scholarship Foundation". Miss Pennsylvania Pageant. March 2, 2019. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  4. ^ "The Miss Iowa Phases of Competition". The Miss Iowa Pageant. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  5. ^ "The Miss Nebraska Pageant". MissNebraska.org. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  6. ^ "The Miss Nebraska Pageant". MissNebraska.org. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  7. ^ "The 97th Miss America 2025: All State Preliminary Competitions". The World 360 News. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
  8. ^ "Miss Puerto Rico". Miss Puerto Rico Pageant Organization. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
  9. ^ "MSN". www.msn.com. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  10. ^ "Brattleboro Woman is Crowned Miss Vermont". Reformer. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  11. ^ "Brattleboro Woman is Crowned Miss Vermont". Reformer. Retrieved May 1, 2024.