Miss America 2023 was the 95th edition of the Miss America pageant, which occurred at the Mohegan Sun on December 16, 2022.[1] The 2023 calendar year, based on several sources, may be the final year at Mohegan Sun.[2]
Instead of airing on television, the pageant was streamed for the second consecutive year.[3] Unlike the 2022 edition, which streamed on Peacock, the 2023 edition was available only through Pageants Live, the pageant streaming service which features a subscription price of $32.99 per month with no lower-cost or event-only option available.[4]
Emma Broyles of Alaska crowned Grace Stanke of Wisconsin as Miss America 2023 at the end of the event. Stanke became the third woman from Wisconsin won the title. Coincidentally, both Stanke and Broyles had previously competed together in Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2018.[5]
Background
Miss America 2023 was the 95th installment of the pageant, but the 101st Miss America anniversary. Contestants were required to be between ages 18 and 26 (born between January 1, 1996, and December 31, 2003), be a United States resident or citizen, and meet the particular residency requirements of the states, municipalities, and districts they represent.[6] Candidates must also have been in proper, good or excellent health, including being fully vaccinated from COVID-19.[6]
U.S. state contests occurred during spring and summer 2022.[7]
"EveryBODY Dance! Body Positivity through Movement"
Top Fundraiser 4th Runner-up
Previously Distinguished Young Woman (DYW) of Wyoming 2019, National DYW (formerly Junior Miss) winner of Self-Expression Category. Lifetime National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Scholar. National winner both 1st and 2nd place, National History Day (NHD) competition in performance and documentary categories.
Controversy and criticism
In an effort to move away from its central focus as a beauty contest, the M.A. Organization removed the bathing suit competition and distanced itself from sexist roots of the past in 2018.[7] Critics allege that the competition still objectifies participants and women generally, with one journalist arguing that "these females, beautiful or otherwise, need not continue being judged on and selected for their appearance (according to many women [and to some men], whether or not they monitor Miss America contests or may be Miss Americas themselves."[7] Likewise, the clothes worn by some Miss Americas, particularly since 1983, are scrutinized for promoting objectification.[60]
2023 marks the second year of the final competition night and crowning not being aired on mainstream television.[3] The 2022 Miss America competition was streamed on NBC's Peacock and had several technical glitches throughout the show, causing many viewers to complain on social media about the production value.[61] Streaming the 2022 competition on Peacock was free, but the 2023 competition could only be streamed on PageantsLive.com and cost over US$30 to watch and avoid clashing the semifinal matches of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[62] The 2023 competition was streamed on a pageant streaming service despite the Miss America organization announcing in 2018 that the competition is "no longer a pageant."[63]
Notes
↑ The America's Choice winner may be a Top 10 scorer; if that is the case, the 11th highest scorer joins the Top 11.
The Miss Alaska competition is a scholarship pageant that selects the representative for the state of Alaska in the Miss America pageant. Unlike most state-level pageants in the Miss America system, Alaska allows any eligible woman to enter the Miss Alaska pageant without first having to win a local qualifying pageant. Emma Broyles was crowned Miss America 2022 on December 16, 2021. She is the first woman from Alaska to win the title, and only the third woman from Alaska to place at Miss America.
The Miss Wisconsin competition is the pageant, held annually in Oshkosh, that selects the representative for the U.S. state of Wisconsin in the annual Miss America pageant.
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For the state pageant affiliated with Miss Teen USA, see Miss Connecticut Teen USA
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