Miss USA Miss USA The Miss USA is an American beauty pageant that has been held annually since 1952 to select the entrant from United States in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA. The pageant was owned by Donald Trump from 1996 to 2015, and was previously broadcast on NBC. In September 2015, WME/IMG purchased the pageant from Trump. Currently, Fox holds the broadcast rights for the pageant. The current Miss USA is Sarah Rose Summers of Nebraska who was crowned on May 21, 2018 in Shreveport, Louisiana. The Miss USA
Miss Mississippi compete for the title of Miss America 2019 on September 9, 2018 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the Miss America competition the award/placement was garnered. Miss Mississippi Miss Mississippi is a scholarship pageant and a preliminary of Miss America. The contest began in 1934, has been held in Vicksburg since 1958, and provides more money than any other scholarship pageant in the Miss America Organization. Four Miss Mississippis have won the Miss America crown: Mary Ann Mobley (1959), Lynda Lee Mead (1960), Cheryl Prewitt (1980), and Susan Akin (1986). Hattiesburg is home