Miss Amerca 2020
 

The new Miss Alabama is Tiara Pennington, a member of Phi Mu at the University of Alabama.

She has the right name for the job! :)

�� <----that should be the laughing meme.

The list of the sorority women who will compete in Miss America 2020 is at https://www.franbecque.com/sorority-...-state-winners

More state winners will be added as they are chosen throughout the summer. I try to keep the list as complete as possible and welcome updates and help in making sure sorority women are identified and verified.

Interesting...2 Phi Mus from universities in Alabama!

Miss Idaho 2019, Grace Zimmerman, is a Delta Gamma at the University of Idaho. She stepped into the title when Rachel Forest, crowned June 8, resigned Wednesday, June 12, to pursue an educational opportunity.

Mary Margaret Hyer,Miss Mississippi 2019, is a Phi Mu. She graduated from the University of Mississippi.

Mary Margaret Hyer was also a Phi Mu chapter consultant.

Thanks for this info! Adding it to the post.

I thought she said she graduated from the Univ. of Southern Miss. However, she said she is friends with the 1st runner-up who is a Kappa from Ole Miss. I haven't seen any articles though, so I could be mistaken.

She lives in Hattiesburg, MS which is home of Southern Miss, but she attended Ole Miss like both of her parents. Her mother is also a Phi Mu from Ole Miss.

Makes sense and explains my confusion! Thanks!

Miss SC is a Kappa Kappa Gamma from Clemson!

Miss California Eileen Kim is a member of Alpha Kappa Psi professional business fraternity. She is a graduate of Chapman University.

Miss Florida Michaela McLean is a newly graduated Alpha Gamma Delta from the University of Alabama.

Miss Oregon Shivali Kadam is an alumna of Oregon State University’s local science sorority Sigma Delta Omega.

It's always fun to recognize past pageant titleholders when they are on the radio/tv and discover their post-pageant accomplishments.

Last week on the national tv news, I noticed a Dr. Jen Caudle giving facts for a medical story. I immediately recalled she had been Miss Iowa twenty years ago in The Miss America Pageant.

Several past Miss America contestants are/have been recent national news correspondents (Roxana Saberi and Trish Regan come to mind).

This year when Fran posted Lauren Molella as New York's Miss America contestant, I recognized her last name and googled to find she's a niece to Lisa Molella, Miss New York 1989.

And although I don't know her post-pageant accomplishments, in about 2003 Christy May (Miss Mississippi 2000) was seen sitting among the Tonight Show's audience when Jay Leno spoke to a few audience members (but not Christy).

The Miss America Scholarship Pageant awards funds to many deserving young women, and will soon celebrate their 100th anniversary!

SO proud that a Miss America contestant proves she is much MORE than a pretty face!!

Miss Virginia Camille Schrier is a Kappa Delta member from Virginia Tech :-)

24-Year-Old Biochemist Wins Miss Virginia Title

I cannot tell you how incredibly excited Sciencewoman is about this!

^^^ On a related note, Miss SC Morgan Nichols, a KKG, just graduated from the school’s Department of Genetics and Biochemistry. A genetics major, her Miss America platform focuses on STEM studies, especially encouraging young people to pursue careers in the areas of math—and especially—science.

Miss Florida, Michaela McLean, is an Alpha Gam from our chapter at the University of Alabama.

Bumping TTT, and...

The Miss America 2020 Program will air at 8PM EST on NBC TV Thursday, December 19th, 2019.

Cindy Marina, a Pi Beta Phi at the University of Southern California, was crowned Miss Universe Albania.

How?:confused:

If a woman is born in one country but moves to a different country, she can sometimes grow-up to represent her birth country in a beauty contest.

It depends on the individual country's, and the individual pageant's, contest rules.

Miss Universe 1988 was born in Thailand, then moved to the USA, and won Miss Universe as Miss Thailand.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.lat...ml%3f_amp=true

It seems like she's a dual citizen through her Albanian-born mother.

Glad to have a date, finally! Also, the competition will be held at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT, which includes the arena that is home to the WNBA's Connecticut Sun team. I imagine that arena would make a great competition venue.

My parents live about 50 minutes from Mohegan and we've gone to concerts there multiple times. It's not a huge venue but there isn't a bad seat in the house. If only I didn't have a law school final the next day or I would go home to go to it!

Competing for Miss America this year - Miss Arkansas 2019 is Darynne Dahlem, a Tri-Delta from the University of Arkansas.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated member Fionnghuala “Fig” O’Reilly, whose father is Irish, was recently crowned Miss Universe Ireland. Soror Fig was made in Mu Delta, George Washington University.

Wow, that is awesome! Thank you so much for posting. I used to work with her mom, but haven't kept in touch. I knew Fig did modeling and that sort of thing, so this is really cool. Good for her.

Here is the current list of sorority women who are competing in Miss America 2020. Please let me know if I've missed anyone. Thanks.
https://www.franbecque.com/sorority-...state-winners/

Wow! I love seeing such a variety of GLOs represented!

Just found this retrospective of Miss America winners - enjoy!

Miss American Evening Gowns

Love the list! Would you be able to fix Miss Colorado's listing to read "Gamma Phi Beta" instead of "Gamma Phi"? Perty please? Thanks! :)

Just a few more weeks to go! Right now we have about a 50% chance of getting a Greek woman as Miss America again this year!

^^^ Second! :)

Miss Colorado's social initiative is Gamma Phi Beta's philanthropic focus: Building Strong Girls! Monica previously worked for the Gamma Phi Beta Foundation and just attended Founders' Day with the Denver Alumnae Chapter. :)

I thought that was pretty neat, and it made me wonder if any of the other NPC member candidates has a platform that aligns with her sorority's philanthropic focus? Or, in past years? Does anyone know?

Bumping again, as the (non-televised) preliminary competitions begin with personal interviews on Friday the 13th!

In prior years, contestants were divided into the Mu, Alpha and Sigma groups. This year there are only Mu and Alpha groups, due to time constraints of this year's pageant events and the pageant's new NBC-televised date/location: Thursday December 19 in Connecticut.

Just saw this message. I just fixed it. Sorry for that error. Multi-tasking isn't all it's cracked up to be!

Am I the only one who thinks this event should still take place in September? It's so odd to have it in December.

And please let me know if I've missed or misidentified anyone. Thanks.

Thanks! You always do such a great job and I think we'd be lost without your expertise in GLO history!

Did anyone else think that Miss Alabama has an edge because of her name?