Miss Michigan Wins Miss USA—A Job Last Year’s Winner Didn’t Even Want
Miss Michigan, Alma Cooper, was crowned Miss USA 2024 on Sunday night in Los Angeles, besting 50 of her fellow contestants. Miss Kentucky, Connor Perry, placed just behind her as first runner-up.
And despite two state titleholders’ tumbles during the pageant’s preliminary rounds, no-one fell off—or into—the stage.
The main event saw contestants progress through swimwear, evening gown and Q&A rounds, winnowing down in numbers each time at the judges’ seemingly arbitrary whims.