Last August, the Mercer Island resident decided to enter her initial pageant — Miss Black Washington USA — and began preparing for a plethora of interviews that would come with the territory.

Miss America predates Miss USA by 31 years. The first pageant ... It was won by a 16-year-old named Margaret Gorman, competing as Miss Washington, DC. The Miss America website states that ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Two Spokane women are now in the running for the title of Miss Washington and Miss Washington's Teen 2025. The 2025 Miss Spokane pageant was held at the Bing Crosby Theater on ...

is on a visit to her mother in this city, having returned from Europe, where she accompanied Miss Portia Washington, daughter of Booker T. Washington, to Berlin, where she will study music.

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Miss USA 2013 Erin Brady worked an an accountant before she was crowned. Miss Washington 2013 Cassandra Searles has worked at many banks in her state. Katie McClure, who was Miss Earth Canada 2005 ...