Miss America 2020

Miss America 2020
DateDecember 29, 2019
PresentersKit Hoover[1]
Mario Lopez[1]
VenueMohegan Sun,
Uncasville, Connecticut[2]
BroadcasterNBC[3]
Entrants51
Placements15
WinnerCamille Schrier
Virginia
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The Miss America 2020 competition was held on Thursday, December 19, 2019. This was the 93rd Miss America pageant/competition, though the Miss America Organization celebrated its 99th anniversary in 2019. This discrepancy is due to national pageants not being held from 1928 to 1932 or in 1934 because of financial problems associated with the Great Depression.[4]

In May 2019, it was announced that the 2020 competition would be broadcast on NBC after previously being aired on ABC since 2011.[3] NBC previously aired Miss America pageants for more than two decades until ABC was selected to air the Miss America 1998 pageant in September 1997.[3] This is also the first beauty pageant to be aired by NBC since the network terminated its contract with the Miss Universe Organization in June 2015 over controversial remarks that were made by Donald Trump during his 2016 presidential campaign.[5][6]

In July 2019, it was announced that the 2020 competition would be held at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut on Thursday, December 19, 2019, making this the ninth edition of the competition that would not be held at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.[2][7][8][9][10]

Miss America 2019, Nia Franklin of New York, officially crowned Camille Schrier of Virginia as her successor at the end of the event.[11]

Schrier's reign was originally to end in December 2020, but the reign will be extended due to outside factors, with the next pageant now scheduled for at least the end of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic making it unfeasible to be held before 2020's end.[12]

  1. ^ a b Cohn, Paulette (December 11, 2019). "Exclusive: The Miss America 2020 Competition Announces Judges". Parade.
  2. ^ a b "Miss America Pageant Leaving Atlantic City For Mohegan Sun In Connecticut". CBS3 Philly. July 23, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c Thorne, Will (May 29, 2019). "'Miss America' Moves From ABC to NBC in 2020". Variety.
  4. ^ "Miss America Timeline: 1901–1950". PBS.
  5. ^ Stanhope, Kate (2015-06-29). "NBC Cuts Ties With Donald Trump Over "Derogatory Statements," Pulls Miss USA and Miss Universe Pageants". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
  6. ^ "NBCUniversal cuts ties with Donald Trump". CNN Money. June 29, 2015. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  7. ^ Carroll, Lauren (February 5, 2019). "Host City Still Unknown". Press of Atlantic City. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  8. ^ Carroll, Lauren (April 11, 2019). "Miss America not returning to Boardwalk Hall". Press of Atlantic City.
  9. ^ "Miss America in Crisis Mode". New York Post. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  10. ^ Carroll, Lauren (July 24, 2019). "Miss America leaving Atlantic City ... again". Press of Atlantic City.
  11. ^ Goldstein, Joelle; Maslow, Nick (December 19, 2019). "Miss America Is Now a Scientist! Camille Schrier of Virginia Wins Crown After On-Stage Experiment". People.
  12. ^ Bilinski, Molly (9 May 2020). "Miss America postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic". The Press of Atlantic City. Retrieved 9 May 2020.