The Miss America Organization has announced that Miss Arkansas has won the Miss America 2025 teen competition.
On Saturday night, beauty queen Peyton Bolling made history by becoming the first Miss Arkansas Teen to win the Miss America Teen title. Bolling, who competed as Miss Arkansas, took the pageant and secured a generous scholarship for college studies at more than 200 universities or a four-year scholarship to the University of Alabama.
The beauty queen performed a jazz dance in the pageant’s talent competition on Saturday in Orlando, Florida , outshining 51 other contestants.
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According to the Miss America organization , along with the title of Miss America’s Teen, Bolling received a check for $50,000 in scholarship money and a yearlong reign. During her year as Miss America’s Teen, Bolling will travel across the country and use her platform to raise awareness about her community initiative, Simple Acts of Citizenship. “I’m just so excited for the year ahead,” Bolling said after the results came in. Fans saw Bolling on stage holding hands with fellow finalist Ali Mims of Alabama while waiting for the judges to call the winner. In an emotional, dramatic finale, Bolling screamed and burst into tears when she found out she had won.