Miss America 2025 | |
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![]() Miss America 2025 Abbie Stockard | |
Date | January 5, 2025 |
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Venue | Walt Disney Theater, Orlando, Florida |
Broadcaster | Miss America Website |
Entrants | 52 |
Placements | 11 |
Returns | Puerto Rico |
Winner | Abbie Stockard Alabama |
Congeniality | Katie Ann Powell District of Columbia |
Miss America 2025 was the 97th edition of the Miss America pageant, held at the Walt Disney Theater in Orlando, Florida, alongside the Miss America's Teen 2025 competition on January 4 and 5, 2025 respectively. [1]
Madison Marsh of Colorado crowned Abbie Stockard of Alabama as her successor at the end of the event. [2]
New eligibility rules allow transgender entrant who have fully completed "sexual reassignment surgery" a year prior to competing. [3] Other usual rules apply to the 2025 part of the Miss America Pageants. [4]
Ballroom dancing and cheerleading utilizing "human props" has been added as potential talents. The partner must be dressed in all black and cannot perform any solo parts. [5]
The Miss Puerto Rico pageant has also been reinstated after last competing in 2017. [6]
Placement | Contestant |
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Miss America 2025 |
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1st Runner-Up |
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2nd Runner-Up |
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3rd Runner-Up |
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4th Runner-Up |
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Top 11 |
Awards | Winners |
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Talent |
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Evening Gown |
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Fitness |
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AHA Go Red for Women Leadership Award |
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Fifty-two contestants competed for the title. [1] [7]
State | Contestant | Age [a] | Hometown | Talent | Community Service Initiative | Notes |
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Alabama | Abbie Stockard [8] | 21 | Vestavia | Contemporary Dance, "You Say" | ||
Alaska | Jordan Naylor [9] | 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 [7] | 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 [10] | 22 | Wynne | Vocal, "If I Had My Way" | "Proudly Volunteer" | Previously Miss Arkansas' Outstanding Teen 2018 |
California | Kimberly Vernon [11] | 27 | Santa Clara | Jazz Dance, "Le Jazz Hot" | "Arts for All - Advocating for Accessible Arts Education" | |
Colorado | Alexandra Lotko [7] | 26 | Denver | Vocal, "My Funny Valentine" | "It's Okay to not be Okay" | |
Connecticut | Monica Fenwick [12] | 23 | Watertown | Flute, "Don't Stop Me Now" | "Communication is Key" | |
Delaware | Nova Rae Gaffney [13] | 24 | Milford | Classical Ballet en Pointe, "Carmen" | "Behind Closed Doors: Domestic Violence Awareness" | |
District of Columbia | Katie Ann Powell [14] | 26 | Harp, "Baroque Flamenco" | "Preparing Women for Financial Success" | ||
Florida | Casana M. Fink [15] | 25 | Ocala | Lyrical Dance, "Rescue" | "Give to Life; Donate Life - Advocating for Tissue and Organ Donation" | |
Georgia | Ludwidg Louizaire [16] | 26 | Rome | Broadway Vocal, "Home" | "Education for Every Student" | |
Hawaii | Hayley Cheyney-Kāne [17] | 27 | Kaneohe | Vocal and Hula, "Aloha Wau la'oe" | "Aloha is for Everyone" | Previously Miss Hawaii's Outstanding Teen 2013 |
Idaho | Madison Andreason [18] | 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 [19] | 26 | Decatur | Lyrical Dance, "A New Day Has Come" | ||
Indiana | Kalyn Melham [20] | 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 Jaymes Vogel | 24 | Murfreesboro / Kennesaw, Georgia | Classical Vocal, "Climb Every Mountain" | She is the daughter of Miss Georgia-USA 1985, Amanda Smith Vogel | |
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 [21] | 24 [21] | 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 Jo 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 |