The Miss Montana competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of Montana in the Miss America pageant.
Faith Johnson, Miss Montana 2023
Miss America is an annual competition that is open to women from the United States between the ages of 18 and 28. Originating in 1921 as a "bathing beauty revue", the contest is judged on competition segments with scoring percentages: Private Interview (30%) – a 10-minute press conference-style interview with a panel of judges, On Stage Question (10%) – answering a judge's question onstage, Talent or HER Story (20%) – a performance talent or 90 second speech, Health and Fitness (20%) – demonstrated physical fitness onstage dressed in athletic wear, and Evening Gown (20%) – modeling evening-wear onstage.
Margaret Gorman, Miss America 1921
Miss America 2003 contestants
Miss America 2015 contestants
Miss America 2018, Cara Mund, visits the Fort Meade USO