Video from June 2025: Zoe Scheiderich crowned Miss Tennessee 2025 in historic Nashville debut

ORLANDO, Fla. (WKRN) -- Just eight months after Abbie Stockard exchanged the title of Miss Alabama for that of Miss America 2025, she crowned Miss America 2026 on Sept. 7.

The Miss America preliminary competition kicked off in Orlando, Florida, on Sept. 3 and led into the talent portion on Sept. 4. The finale was held three days later at the Walt Disney Theater at the Dr. Phillips Center, hosted by Nikki Novak and Billy Gilman and featuring a celebrity judging panel that included Mayan Lopez, Frederick Anderson, Frank Kelleher, Jen Hale, and Tawny Godin Welch, officials said.

Fifty-two women representing all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico competed for the crown. During the

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