In Sunday night’s annual Miss America contest, 22-year-old Madison Marsh representing Colorado was crowned as the winner. Marsh is a second lieutenant in the US Air Force and is also a master’s student at the Harvard Kennedy School’s public policy program. She is the first ever-active duty Air Force officer to take home the title.
Ellie Breaux was the first-runner-up, representing Texas, while Cydney Bridges of Indiana, Mallory Hudson of Kentucky and Caroline Parente of Rhode Island ranked as second, third and fourth-runners-up, respectively.
In the 96th edition of the Miss America 2024 pageant, held in Orlando, FL, there were 50 representatives, one from each state and 1 District of Columbia representative.
“In the military, it’s an open space to really lead in the way that you want to lead – in and out of uniform. I felt like pageants, and specifically winning Miss Colorado, was a way to truly exemplify that and to set the tome to help make other people feel more comfortable finding what means most to them,” Marsh said. She also stated, “You can achieve anything. The sky is not the limit and the only person that’s stopping you is you.”
The U.S. Air Force posted on X:
Congratulations to our very own #Airman, 2nd Lt. Madison Marsh, aka Miss Colorado- who was just crowned @Miss America 2024! Marsh is the first active duty servicemember to ever win the title. #AirHigh
Marsh succeeds Miss America 2023, Grace Stanke of Wisconsin.
On Saturday night, the 2024 Miss America’s Teen pageant took place and 16 year-old Hanley House of North Carolina was crowned the winner.
By - FZ
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