Competing as Miss Gainesville, Ribault High School alum and recent University of Florida graduate Paris Richardson took home the title of Miss Florida on Saturday.

NASCAR has postponed the season-opening Daytona 500 until Monday because of two days of rain at Daytona International Speedway.

When Cara Mund was competing to become Miss North Dakota, a key part of her platform was increasing the number of women elected to political office.

The newly crowned Miss America has made history.

The contestant from Alaska has been crowned Miss America at an event marking the competition’s 100th anniversary.

The Miss America organization says it plans to crown its 100th winner in December before a live audience at the Mohegan Sun casino's arena in Connecticut.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Leanza Cornett, a woman who was raised in Jacksonville and crowned Miss America in 1993, has died after being hospitalized for a head injury. The news first broke on Leanza Cornett’s Circle of Love, which is a social media page that was monitoring her condition after the injury. SueShortly thereafter, the Miss America Organization posted:According to Leanza Cornett’s Circle of Love, the former Miss America sustained a head injury on Oct. 12. After being crowned Miss America, she’s recognized as the first beauty queen to adopt AIDS awareness and prevention as her platform. Throughout her career, she served as a host for several television shows including Entertainment Tonight, as listed on her IMDB profile.

The stage at Boardwalk Hall Arena in Atlantic City, New Jersey, for the 2018 Miss America contest. The Miss America Organization is trading one casino town for another as it moves its 2020 competition from Atlantic City, New Jersey, to Uncasville, Connecticut, the organization announced Tuesday. The Miss America competition follows 51 women as they compete for scholarships to use to toward their community service efforts and education aspirations. At the end of the competition, one candidate will be selected as Miss America 2020, succeeding Nia Franklin, Miss America 2019. The Miss America pageant began in 1921 on the boardwalk of Atlantic City.

When it comes to the Miss America pageant, we're used to seeing contestants who dance, sing or play an instrument. But this year, you'll want to keep an eye on Miss Virginia. Biochemist Camille Schrier, 24, was crowned Miss Virginia at the end of June thanks in part to her impressive demonstration in the talent portion of the program. Sporting a lab coat, she blew away the competition with a colorful science experiment showing the catalytic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide. Asked if she'll pull off the same stunt on the Miss America stage, Schrier told InsideEdition.com: "I think you will, it might be a little bit different."