A new Miss USA has been crowned.
Miss Michigan Alma Cooper took the crown on Sunday during the pageant's 73rd annual ceremony, and comes after the resignation of a previous titleholder caused controversy and spawned shakeups at the Miss USA organization.
Miss Kentucky Connor Perry and Miss Oklahoma Danika Christopherson were first and second runners-up, respectively.
"As the daughter of a migrant worker, a proud Afro-Latina woman, and an officer in the United States Army, I am living the American dream," Cooper, 22, said during the Q&A portion of the pageant, according to CNN and Today.com.
Cooper is a U.S. Army officer, data scientist and master's student at Stanford University researching food insecurity.
"I have wanted to walk the Miss USA stage since I was a little itty bitty girl," she told Stanford in a video profile posted last week. "I found that my skills ... and having this community and this love and support, it all managed to make me a better candidate."
The Miss USA pageant aired on the CW, after the network said it was "evaluating its relationship with both pageants."
Cooper's crowning follows a turbulent year for the Miss USA organization, following the resignations of former Miss USA Noelia Voigt and former Miss Teen USA 2023 UmaSofia Srivastava and the exit of the organization's social media director.
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