Miss New York Nia Franklin waves to the crowd after winning Miss America 2019 in Atlantic City. Miss New York Nia Franklin was named the winner of the 2019 Miss America contest and earned a $50,000 college scholarship. Miss America 2018 Cara Mund of North Dakota wrote a scathing letter last month about her unhappy year working for the organization. Miss Florida Taylor Tyson during the preliminary competition of the Miss America pageant. Admirable, of course — but the show proceeded to pat itself on the back one too many times, with the repeated phrase “Miss America 2.0″ and pushing the narrative that Miss America is still extremely relevant in our culture.

Source: Washington Post September 10, 2018 05:53 UTC