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Miss America 2024 Madison Marsh. Picture from Marsh’s Instagram |
CNN reported that Marsh, representing Colorado, bested 50 different contestants within the nationwide competitors on Sunday.
Earlier than her victory, Marsh was the primary active-duty Air Pressure officer to compete for the Miss America title, The New York Publish famous.
As cited by Folks Journal, she remarked in an interview shared by way of Miss America’s Instagram after her win: “You may obtain something. The sky just isn’t the restrict and the one individual that’s stopping you is you.”
The U.S Air Pressure celebrated Marsh’s achievement with a publish on X, beforehand often known as Twitter, referring to her as “our very personal.”
51 contestants, hailing from 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, participated within the Miss America 2024 ultimate in Florida. Of those, 11 superior to the semi-final, together with 10 chosen by preliminary judges and one by public vote.
The semi-finalists then engaged in 4 aggressive rounds, together with a health runway stroll, a “scorching matters” dialogue, a expertise efficiency, and a night robe presentation, which led to the number of the highest 5 finalists.
These finalists had been requested to debate their aspirations as Miss America.
As per CNN, in the course of the dialogue spherical, which lined numerous matters like terrorism, know-how, diet, and local weather change, Marsh addressed the difficulty of “medication in America,” recalling her mom’s wrestle with pancreatic most cancers.
For the expertise portion, Marsh carried out a spoken-word piece about acquiring her pilot’s license at 16.