Miss Florida

For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Florida USA. For the state pageant affiliated with Miss World America, see Miss Florida World.
Miss Florida
Formation1922
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersLakeland
Location
Membership
Miss America
Official language
English
Key people
Keith Williams (Executive Director)
WebsiteOfficial website

The Miss Florida competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Florida in the Miss America pageant. Florida has twice won the Miss America crown.

In the fall of 2018, the Miss America Organization terminated Miss Florida organization's license as well as licenses from Georgia, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and West Virginia.[1][2] In December 2018, the Miss America Organization reinstated licensing for the Miss Florida Scholarship Pageant Inc., along with the organizations in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and West Virginia.[3]

Casana Fink of Ocala was crowned Miss Florida 2024 on June 29, 2024, at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland, Florida. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2025.

  1. ^ Parry, Wayne (October 8, 2018). "Miss America Organization strikes back at rebellious states". The Associated Press.
  2. ^ Parry, Wayne (December 5, 2018). "Miss America terminates agreements with NJ, NY and FL". The Associated Press.
  3. ^ Carroll, Lauren (December 28, 2018). "As state licenses are reinstated, Miss America is headed to court". Press of Atlantic City.