- Abbie Stockard was crowned the new Miss America on January 5.
- A video of her boyfriend, the Utah Jazz player Walker Kessler, watching her win went viral.
- Stockard told BI she thinks it’s “amazing” that Miss America no longer has an anti-boyfriend rule.
Shortly after Abbie Stockard, representing Alabama, was crowned Miss America in Orlando on January 5, a video of her boyfriend’s reaction went viral.
Walker Kessler, who plays for the Utah Jazz, just happened to be in town for a game against the Magic. After Stockard won, he rushed over from the arena to her coronation.
“It’s fate because he plays over 80 games the entire season. He is in Orlando one night the entire year,” Stockard told Business Insider. “What are the odds it’s the night I’m crowned Miss America?”…