Miss Mississippi Becky Williams is coming home to continue her reign following Miss America.
Miss Mississippi’s Teen 2024 Brooke Bumgarner was second-runner up for the Miss America’s Teen title.
Miss Alabama Abbie Stockard won the national title on Sunday, Jan. 5, in Orlando, Florida. She is a nursing student and cheerleader at Auburn University.
The member of the Tiger Paws Dance Team did her talent routine to “You Say” by Lauren Daigle, and her on-stage question was about unemployment.
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey congratulated Stockard in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. “I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Abbie, and I know firsthand what an outstanding young woman she is. She is incredibly deserving of this honor,” it partially reads.
She’s dating Walker Kessler , the center for the Utah Jazz . His team was playing in Orlando on Sunday night and beat the Magic 105-92. In other coincidences for the couple, they share a birthday , July 26.