Miss USA to Miss USA and Miss Universe beginning with Miss Universe 2015. The modern pageant consists of a preliminary competition held a week before the pageant when all contestants are judged in swimsuit, gown, and interview competitions. Every year, each state holds a preliminary competition to choose their delegate for the Miss USA pageant. In some states (such as Texas and Florida), local pageants are also held to determine delegates for the state competition. The state winners hold the title "Miss State USA" for the year of their reign. The most successful state is Texas, which has had the most semi-finalists
Mary Jean Collins for a Free Choice, a Board member of Choice USA, and a Vice-President of People For the American Way. She is featured in the feminist history film "She's Beautiful When She's Angry". The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America holds some of her papers in a collection titled "Papers of NOW officer Mary Jean Collins, 1966-1988". Mary Jean Collins Mary Jean Collins (born 1939 in Wisconsin) is an American activist. She joined the National Organization for Women in 1967, and she was elected as the Chicago Chapter of NOW's president after moving to that