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.
Type | Scholarship pageant
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Predecessor | September 25, 1920
Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. (as The Fall Frolic) |
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Founded | September 8, 1921
Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
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Key people | Shantel Krebs, Chairwoman
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