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A caller Miss America has been crowned.
Alabama autochthonal Abbie Stockard—who is dating Utah Jazz halfway Walker Kessler—claimed the rubric astatine the 2025 variation of the yearly quality pageant Jan. 5 successful Orlando, Fla., becoming the 4th Miss Alabama to ascend to the role.
“This is insane,” Abbie said successful a video posted connected the organization’s Instagram Stories. “I don’t cognize what I did to merit this. Like, beatified moly. I’m truthful excited. I’m truthful grateful.”
And the 22-year-old nursing student, who was besides a cheerleader during her tenure astatine Auburn University, had plentifulness of enactment from Walker, 23, who shared a heartfelt connection connected societal media alongside photos with the newly-crowned pageant queen.
“Congratulations Abbie,” the NBA prima wrote successful an Instagram station Jan. 6, which besides included a video of his ecstatic absorption to her victory. “I americium truthful arrogant of you and everything you basal for. Your hard enactment and spot successful the Lord has awarded you with this unthinkable opportunity! Use your airy to radiance connected others astir you!”
Abbie thanked her fellow for his encouragement successful a comment connected his post, writing, “You showing up past nighttime meant the satellite to me. I’m truthful thankful for this beingness travel we get to spell connected together.”
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The 97th variation of the pageant saw Abbie prevail implicit 51 different young hopefuls, who represented each U.S. authorities arsenic good arsenic Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico. Annette Addo-Yobo, who was notably the archetypal foreign-born Miss Texas, was named runner-up, congratulating her chap competitor.
“So [incredibly] arrogant of you Abbie,” the Ghanaian autochthonal wrote successful a station connected her Instagram Stories. “I’m truthful excited to spot you alteration the world! I’m honored to person been astatine your broadside and acquisition this infinitesimal with you.”
To spot immoderate celebs you whitethorn not cognize competed successful quality pageants, support reading.
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Halle Berry
The ageless quality was the archetypal runner-up successful the Miss USA Pageant successful 1986, past aboriginal went connected to vie for Miss World, wherever she came successful sixth.
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Oprah Winfrey
The unofficial queen of everything won the rubric of Miss Black Tennessee successful 1972 and earned a assistance to Tennessee State University.
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Ali Landry
The supermodel kick-started her vocation participating successful dozens of quality pageants. Before her instant fame from being the Doritos miss successful a 1998 Super Bowl commercial, Landry held the rubric of Miss USA 1996.
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Vanessa Lachey
As Vanessa Minnillo, the starlet was crowned Miss Teen USA successful 1998 earlier she started her modeling vocation and joined 1 of our favourite boy-band hunks.
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Sarah Palin
Before becoming politician of Alaska and moving for VP of the United States, Palin practiced her nationalist speaking erstwhile she won the Miss Wasilla quality pageant successful 1984.
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Heather Locklear
Looks similar this California miss was fashionable connected and disconnected the screen; the blond quality was crowned Senior Princess of her precocious schoolhouse successful 1979.
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Mary Hart
Before becoming a longtime big of Entertainment Tonight, the tv property won the rubric of Miss South Dakota successful 1970.
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Eva Longoria
This Desperate Housewife was a stunner from the start, holding the rubric of Miss Corpus Christi successful 1998.
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Lynda Carter
Wonder Woman was a badass earlier she adjacent enactment connected the cape! Carter won the rubric of Miss World America successful 1972, paving the mode for her vocation successful television.
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Demi Lovato
This small princess stole the amusement mode earlier she became a Disney phenom. Demi started her pageant vocation astatine a young age, winning the Texas State Cinderella Miniature Miss contention backmost successful 2000.
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Sophia Loren
Ciao bella! The stunning Italian histrion was lone 14 erstwhile she competed successful her archetypal pageant successful 1949. The classical quality instantly caught everyone's attraction earning her spot parts successful section productions earlier she went connected to go 1 of Hollywood's biggest stars.
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Michelle Pfeiffer
The blond bombshell showed disconnected her California-sun-kissed locks astatine the 1978 Miss Orange County pageant.
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Vanessa Williams
The triple menace got her commencement winning the rubric of Miss America successful 1984, though she was aboriginal forced to measurement down aft it came retired that she had posedfor Penthouse magazine.
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Diane Sawyer
This writer has quality and brains! After winning the Junior Miss quality pageant successful 1963, Sawyer utilized her prize to wage for her archetypal twelvemonth of college.
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Raquel Welch
The 1960s-era planetary enactment awesome was crowned Miss Fairest of the Fair astatine the San Diego County Fair successful 1957.
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Barbara Eden
The I Dream of Jeannie prima won the rubric of Miss San Francisco successful 1951.
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