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The Miss America 2019 pageant was the 92nd Miss America pageant, though the Miss America Organization celebrated its 98th anniversary in 2018. This discrepancy is due to national pageants not being held from 1928–1932 or in 1934 because of financial problems associated with the Great Depression. The 2019 pageant was held in Atlantic City, New Jersey. On May 23, 2018, it was announced that the pageant would air live on ABC on Sunday, September 9, 2018. This was the last Miss America to be aired on ABC before would be moving to NBC beginning from 2020 pageant.
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- ↑ "Miss Frisco, Kendall Morris, to represent Texas at Miss America pageant". The Dallas Morning News. July 2, 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
- ↑ "Ennis hugely proud of Miss Texas". The Ennis Daily News. July 16, 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
- ↑ "Meet Miss Texas 2011". Misstexas.org. July 19, 2011. Archived from the original on August 24, 2010. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
- ↑ "TCU student representing Frisco is crowned Miss Texas". The Fort Worth Star-Telegram. July 1, 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
