The Miss Texas competition was founded in 1937 as a scholarship contest for young women. The winner represents Texas in the Miss America pageant; three winners have gone on to be crowned Miss America.
Shirley Cothran, Miss Texas 1974 and Miss America 1975
Jonna Fitzgerald, Miss Texas 1985
Molly Hazlett, Miss Texas 2007
Rebecca Robinson, Miss Texas 2008
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