FILE - Contestants in the first Miss America pageant line up for the judges in Atlantic City, N.J., in September 1921. The competition is marking its 100th anniversary on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021 ...

Emma Broyles, a contestant from Alaska claimed the centennial crown and a $100,000 college scholarship at the 100th anniversary of the Miss America beauty pageant.

The Miss America Beauty Pageant marks its 100th anniversary on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. Pictured here, Miss America beauty contestants on Atlantic City’s seafront for the first Miss America ...

Miss for America Strong winner and judge Kayelin Tiggs spoke exclusively with PEOPLE about some of the rules Mrs. American ...

Miss America contestants have worn gowns with sheer details and dresses with plunging necklines since the pageant started in 1921.

Mystic — One hundred years after the first pageant in what would become the Miss America organization, a motorcade of misses with feet on display traversed the streets of Mystic in Monday's ...